(A) Starting pay. The Village President is hereby authorized to hire, in consultation with the department chair, and to establish an hourly rate of pay for new employees at an amount the Village President determines appropriate based on the best interests of the village, taking into consideration village needs and the skills and abilities of the new employee. The starting hourly rate of pay for a new employee shall not exceed $20 per hour, without express approval from the Village Board. The hourly rate of pay established by the Village President shall remain in effect until such time as the Village Board adjusts or modifies such rate of pay.
(B) Probationary period. All hourly employees shall serve a probationary period of three months commencing upon the date of hire. During the probationary period, an employee may be discharged from employment for any lawful reason.
(C) Probationary review. Upon successful completion of the probationary period, the Village Board may grant a wage increase to the employee as determined by the Board.
(D) Annual review. Each employee’s work performance shall be reviewed annually each April. The Village Board may, each May, in its sole discretion, grant a wage increase to an employee provided the employee has a successful annual review. The amount of any wage increase, if any, shall be determined by the Village Board.
(E) Overtime. Employees shall be entitled to overtime pay at time and one-half (one and one- half times the hourly rate) of their hourly rate for time worked over 40 hours in a work week as required by law. Employees called back or called in early shall be entitled to overtime pay at time and one-half (1.5 times the hourly rate) for such hours outside the regular work day.
(F) Premium pay. Employees will be entitled to double time (two times the hourly rate) of their hourly rate for work on the following days, provided they worked their regular scheduled shift the day before and the day after the holiday:
(1) New Year's Day;
(2) Memorial Day;
(3) Fourth of July;
(4) Labor Day;
(5) Thanksgiving Day;
(6) The Day After Thanksgiving;
(7) Christmas Eve; and
(8) Christmas Day.
(G) Work week. Employees work week shall be seven days starting on Monday and ending on the following Sunday.
(H) Paid leave.
(1) Village employees will be allowed paid leave based upon the following schedule.New employees hired on or after January 1, 2024 are eligible to take paid leave after 90 days of being employed by the village. Employees will accrue vacation leave as follows:
(a) New employees will accrue paid time off at the rate of one hour for every 40 hours worked up to a maximum accrual of 40 hours in a year.
(b) After two years of employment employees will accrue paid time off at the rate of two hours for every 40 hours worked up to a maximum accrual of 80 hours in a year.
(c) After five years of employment employees will accrue paid time off at the rate of three hours for every 40 hours worked up to a maximum of 120 hours in a year.
(2) An employee who earns paid leave in accordance with this section may carry over their accrued paid time off from year-to-year, except that no employees may carry over more than one week, or 40 hours, of unused paid time off. An employee’s anniversary date shall be the deadline by which employees must use or carryover unused paid leave in accordance with this section. Paid leave will be approved and scheduled by the employee's department head. Paid leave time must be used in increments of no less than one-quarter day (two hours).
(3) Normally, requests for use of paid leave must be made at least two weeks in advance of when the leave is proposed to be taken. The village will make every effort to accommodate an employee's leave request; however, requests for time off may be denied if they cannot be accommodated. If there is a conflict in scheduling paid leave between employees in an individual department, the employee with the greater seniority shall be given priority; otherwise, to the extent that time is available, paid leave requests will be granted on a first come, first served basis. If an employee's employment is terminated for any reason, that employee will receive pay at his or her regular hourly rate of pay as of the date of termination for any unused paid leave days, including days accrued but unused during the current year.
(Ord. 2016-11-22, passed 11-22-2016; Ord. 2018-3-20, passed 3-20-2018; Ord. 2022-12-21E, passed 12-21-2022; Ord. 2023-6-21B, passed 6-21-2023; Ord. 2023-8-16, passed 8-16-2023)