(a) Active Pay Status. Except as otherwise defined in this chapter, "active pay status" shall mean conditions under which an employee is eligible to receive pay directly from the City (i.e., the employee is not on an unpaid leave of absence and/or suspension or paid administrative leave) and includes hours worked, vacation leave, sick leave, comp time, personal leave, or other approved paid leave.
(b) Armed Forces. Armed Forces includes the Ohio National Guard and the active and reserve components of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, or Space Force.
(c) Continuous Service. Continuous service means regular, full-time or part-time employment with the City without any break in service. Any termination, separation, or retirement from City employment, other than a layoff, is considered a break in service.
(d) Day or Days. Unless expressly provided as "workday(s)," a time duration specified as a number of days shall be computed as calendar days.
(e) Employee Organization. Employee organization means any labor or bona fide organization in which public employees participate and that exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with public employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, hours, terms, and other conditions of employment.
Statutory reference: ORC 4117.01
(f) Exclusive Representative. Exclusive representative means the employee organization certified or reorganized as an exclusive representative under ORC 4117.05.
Statutory reference: ORC 4117.01
(g) Exempt Employee. An employee whose position is exempt from the overtime provisions of the FLSA.
(h) FLSA. The federal law(s) known as the Fair Labor Standards Act.
(i) Nonexempt Employee. An employee whose position is covered by the overtime provisions of the FLSA.
(j) Political Subdivision. Political subdivision means a municipal corporation, township, county, school district, special district, or other body corporate and politic responsible for governmental activities in a geographic area smaller than that of the State that pays into either the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System or the Ohio Police & Fire Fund.
(k) Public Agency. Means the Ohio General Assembly, all courts, any department, division, institution, board, commission, authority, bureau or other instrumentality of the State of Ohio, a county, city, village, or township, the five (5) state retirement systems, and a regional council of governments established under ORC Chapter 167. Public agency does not include a department, division, institution, board, commission, authority or other instrumentality of the State or of a county, municipal corporation, township, or other governmental entity that functions exclusively for cultural, educational, historical, humanitarian, advisory, or research purposes; that does not expend more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per calendar year, excluding salaries and wages of employees; and whose members are uncompensated. Public agency does also not include a nonprofit corporation formed under ORC 187.01.
Statutory reference: ORC 102.01
(Ord. 2022-13. Adopted 05/26/22)