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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1671 An Ordinance establishing a work week for certain ~9~y departments,vestabli'sh- ing official holidays, vacation periods, sick leave, providing rules and regulations governing vacation periods and sick leave, establishing official pay days for all city departments, and repealing Ordinance No. 1575, entitled, "An Ordinance establishing a work week for certain city departments, establishing official holidays, vacation periods, sick leave and establishing official pay days for all city departments." THE CITY OF BRENERTON DOES ORDAIN: ~:~i~ '.%i!?~t~n ~ ~i~'~ .~l~es of all c~ty departments of the i~ o ~r~me~ exceptin~g ~e-~'~$"~.'~/~ment, Police Department and clerical and supervisory employees~ and employees employed in supervisory capacity, or on special or split shift assign- ments, shall be paid on ~ hourly basis at ~ rate per hour to be fixed by the City Council of the City of Bremerton for a regular work week and shall be paid for all timei worked over five 8-hour days at a rate of one and one-half times their regular hourly wage. Ail time worked over and above the regular work week shall be overtime. The minimum of time or overtime paid any such employee, when called for duty after his departure fro~ the city's premises, shall be one hour. Employees employed on an hourl~ basis shall be paid only for time actually worked; except for vacation and sick leave allowances hereinafter provided for, under Sections 8 and ?. Section B. (a) As used in this Ordinance, for hourly rated employees, the following ~'~rms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Day's work" shall mean 8 hours of work on any assigned shift. 2. "Work week" shall mean RO hours of work composed of five S-hour days per week on a regular tour of duty. ~. "Overtime" shall be construed as any time worked at the request of proper authority over and above the regular tour of duty. Section ~. As used in this Ordinance,excepting employees of the Police and Fire Depar6ments, for' monthly-rated employees, the terms "regular tour of duty", or ~"required days' work" shall mean that assignment of days and hours necessary to com- plete the employee's regularly assigned duties, limited to 8 hours actual service in any one day, and to forty (R0) hours of service in any one week, or to the equivalent thereof. W~ere necessary, in order to properly serve the in,crests of the City, a monthly rated employee may be assigned to 8 hours of service within a spread of some greater number of hours. Section ~. ~nenever any employee of the City of Bremerton employed in a clerical or supervisory capacity at a monthly salary shall, at the request of any elective official of the City of Bremerton, perform services for the City of Bremerton in addition to his regularly assigned duties, outside of his regular tour of duty or required days work, such elective official shall have the authority to reimburse such employee for such adSit~onal sergices from any funds appropriated or set aside for said purpSse, at a rate to be determined by said elective official. Section 8. Holidays. The following holidays are hereby adopted as legal holidays f~r'~he"City of Bremerton: New Year's Day, Washington's Birthday, Decora- tion Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, November llth, Thanksgiving Day and Christ- mas Day. Employees employed on an hourly basis shall be paid at the rate of one and one-half times their regular hourly rate whenever they shall be required to work on any legal holidays.~~ ~-~ ......... ~'~' ~ ~,.~w/~ Sectio~ 8. Sick Leave.~ ~ulati~e ~ick leave with pay at the rate of one and one-fourth (I~)-~days per month shall be granted to all officers and employees in the classified civil service, except under circumstances where members of the Police and Fire Departments are affected by their respective Pension and Relief Systems as set up by State Law. The ~otal accumulation of sick leave shall not exceed sixty (~0) work days at full pay. Sick leave accumulated up to ~anuary l, 1946 under Ordin- ance 1578 will be carried forward.~'~.~-~~*-w~a ~ ~w~- (a) The Civil Service Department is given full authority to adminis~er sick leave,I~a~~ provide forms, keep records and shall investigate cases and m~ke final decision o~allowance of pay for such time off duty. (b) Sick Leave credit shall accrue for the actual time i'or which the em- ployee was paid, including paid leave and vacations, but shall not be allowed for the time the employee was off d~ty w~tnout pay. (c) No payment for absence d,~e ~o disease or injury will be allowed unless such employee fulfills all of the following requirements. (a) He shall send prompt notice to his ~mmediate superior, by telephone or otherwise, on his fiz0st day off duty.-' (b)He shall fill out the required forms for an application for sick leave pay within thirty-six (ZS) hours after his return to duty. (c) He shall' show that he has taken treatment and precautions, or other acceptable, effective measures to correct the condition and return to duty as soon as reasonably possible.~ (d) Whenever an employee off duty on paid vacations or accumulated overtime wishes to charge some of such absence to his sick leave account, by reason of an actual disability during that period, he must send prompt notice of the sickness to his Superior and conform to these requirements.~~ (e)~e shall hold himself available for medical or other investi- gation of his condition.. (f)Non-work days, such as Sundays, Legal Holidays, or half- holidays shall not be charged to sick leave.. (d) The Civil Service office shall be informed immediately by the Super- visor. (e) The certificate of the attending physician or designated health offlcia is not ordinarily required for sick leave of four (4) days or less, but may be required by the Civil Service Con~lission when such leave is not reco~ended by the department head or when invcs~igation is ordered. (f) Sick leave with pay for ~ore than four (~) days must always be cer- tified by the attending physician or by a health officer of the City representing the Civil Service Co~ission~ (g) To minimize the work of handling different forms for applications, records and notices, the employee desiring sick leave pay shall fill out three copies of the application blank obtained from his foreman or supervisor, one to be kept by such supervisor and the rest forwarded promptly to the Civil Service Department.~ ~~z~(h) 0~e and one-fQurth (l~)~days willy, be allOw~ each~full-tim~ employee per calendar monbh~n which he was paid for the major part o~he regular Wor~ing~days. ~ployeeS 0n part-time or seasonal work shall receive sick ~!eav~redits only~.~n the proportionthat th~ir actual~ service bears to ~ull-time ~egular wgr~ aver~ng ~0 days per month, when such .actual service is shown on the records of the Civil Se~rvice Department. ' ~~i) Pageant for st~ave sh~be 19s~ of $~when..~r~ed ~sxpec~d~-tg wor~Sick l~for em~~s pa~ a / m~nt~y'basis~'ld be ~ed as ~-~ays ~e~an~ ~19~~ o~e~die~ for an a~sence of f~ to 6~ours. (j) Before final decision refusing the ~lowance of sick leave pay, the Co~ission shall allow the employee an opportunity to be heard.~ (k) Any employee fraudulently obtaining sick leave, or any supervisor falsely certifying to sick leave pa~ent for absence f~m work for other reasons, ma~ be suspended or dismissed in accordsnce with civil service rules.~ (1) Pa~ent for sick leave shall not be allowed for absences for ordi~ary professional treatment by a dentist or occulist, but sick leave pay may be granted for confinement at home or in a hospital for disability to which a mentist or oculist is qualified to certlfy.~ (m) Pa~ent for sick leave shall not be allowed for employees off duty because of sickness of other members of his family.~ Sso~ion 7. Leave. V~oation leave ~ith one and one-6o~bth'(t}) d~ys Fo~ eagh ~ull oalend~ month oF se~vl~e (18 wo~ing da~ pe~ ~sa~); a~o~u~l sh~ll st~t F~om the date or emplo~ent. ~plo~ee~ shall use ~egula~ v~oaZion time each o~lend~ ~ea~ exoept when, owing to extenuating ~i~oum~tange~ in ~he Oit~ se~vloe~ an employee is ~e6used a~l o~ p~t o$ hi~ v~tlon leave, a~c~u~l o~ ~eave not to exceed ~0 days sh~ll be pe~mitted. Leave ~ha~ no~ be available until oompleZlon o~ six month~ p~obatlon~y period. ~on-wo~k da~s~ holifl~s sh~ll no~ be ~h~ged to leave, (o) Leave periods sh~l~ be ~g~eed upon b~ the employee ~nd the department head at a time that will not interfere unreasonably with the operation of the department. (d) ~ployees who are granted a leave of absence with pay for any purpose shall continue to accrue vacation leave at the regularly prescribed rate during such absence. (e) Leave with pay shall be granted onl~ when the following procedure is complied with: (a) Thre~ day~ or more before st~rting leave, procure a Leave Request form from your supervisor. (b) Fill in form provided by Civil Service Com- mission, answering all questions fully. (c) Submit completed form to supervisor for his signature and transmittal to Department Head for approval. In case of an unforseen emergency requiring the absence of an employee--illness, injury', or death in the i~ediate family, or a reason of similar import--the employee shall notify his supervisor at the first possible moment, the supervisor then informing the Civil Service Office of ~e absence. The Department Head shall li~edlately forward such request to the Civil Service Office for check and approval; approved copy of Leave Request will be returned to the employee through the Department Head. ~ergency cases will be considered as per Section (f) above. Or~inanco No. 1671 (cont) ~~_/_~_~ (g) Any employee fraudulently obtaining leave with pay or any Super- visor fraudulently certifying such payment for absence from work may be suspended or dismissed in accordance with Civil Service Rules. (h) Terminal Leave -- On the separation of an employee with accrued leave to his credit, the date of such separation shall be as of the last day worked extended by time allowance for terminal leave to be paid on the payroll in which it accrues. (i) Leave not taken in 1945 will be allowed as per Ordinance No. 1576 (2 work weeks). Leave earned commencing 1-1-46 shall be as pro- vided for in this section. Section 8. The rates of pay of all City Employees shall be established according to'"'"'the work performed and the rates established in the annual City budget, as supplemented by any legally established salary Ordinance, and no rate shall be changed, nor shall the timekeeper and payroll department recognize any change in rate of any employee, unless said change has been presented to the City Commission and ap- proved in writing Oy two of the three City Co~missioners. Section 9. This Ordinance shall be effect~.ve 30 days after final passage and publicat~on. APproved unanimously by the City Council of the City of Bremerton on first reading, this 8th day of May, 1946. PASSED by the City Commission of the City of Bremerton in regular session assembled, signed by the Mayor, and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage this 14th day of May, 1946.