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ARTICLE 18: SICK LEAVE

Accrual Rate:
Sick leave shall be accrued at the rate of one and one-quarter (1 1/4) workdays per calendar
month to a total of fifteen (15) workdays per calendar year.

A. For employees hired prior to May 12, 2003: Employees may accrue unlimited sick leave
effective July 1, 1989.

B. For employees hired after May 12, 2003: Employees may accrue up to a maximum of 90
sick days. Any sick time accrued over 90 days will be forfeited. Note: Employees, who
are promoted and are eligible to be members of the bargaining unit, shall secure the same
sick leave accrual rate benefit held at the time of such promotion.

Retirement Cash Value:

A. For employees hired prior to May 12, 2003: The cash value of accrued and unused sick
leave in the amount of one hundred, twenty (120) days shall be paid each employee
eligible therefor at the time of retirement from the department with at least twenty (20)
years’ service with the Department or within the New Hampshire Retirement System as
required by Statute. Any sick time accrued over 120 days will be forfeited.

B. For employees hired after May 12, 2003: The cash value of accrued and unused sick
leave in the amount of ninety (90) days shall be paid each employee eligible therefor at
the time of retirement from the department with at least twenty (20) years’ service with the
Department or within the New Hampshire Retirement System as required by Statute.
Note: Employees, who are promoted and are eligible to be members of the bargaining
unit, shall secure the same sick leave retirement cash value benefit held at the time of
such promotion.

Notification of Sick Leave:
Employees shall be responsible to notify the department in a timely manner prior to scheduled
duty time of the intention to take sick leave.

Leaving During Tour of Duty:
Employees leaving their tour of duty sick shall complete NPD Form #710, “Documentation of

Time Not Worked." The time (in hours) will be rounded to the nearest ”% hour and will be deducted
from the employee's accrued sick leave.

Verification of Over 3 Days Sick Leave:
Verification of illness by a licensed physician or health practitioner shall be required for any

employee taking more than three (3) days sick leave at any one time.

Statement of Absence:

At the discretion of the Chief or his designee, an employee taking fewer than three (3) days sick
leave may be required to submit NPD Form #700, "Statement of Absence” to his Bureau Head
within two (2) days of returning to work after an absence.

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Abuse of Sick Leave:

Abuse of sick Jeave shall result in the forfeiture of ten (10) accrued sick leave days and repeated
abuse may result in termination. The employee shall forfeit all accrued sick leave days and any
additional sick leave days to which he/she may be entitled to equal a total forfeiture of ten (10)
sick days.

Loss of Accrued Sick Leave:

Accrued sick leave will, except in the case of death, be lost upon termination of employment if for
any reason other than retirement or having voluntarily terminated employment with the Nashua
Police Department and completed 20 years in the New Hampshire Retirement System.

Death Benefit To Estate:

A, For employees hired prior to May 12, 2003: Upon the death of an employee, a cash
payment equivalent to the employee's accrued sick leave (not to exceed 120 days) shall
be paid to the employee's estate.

B. For employees hired after May 12, 2003: Upon the death of an employee, a cash payment
equivalent to the employee's accrued sick leave (not to exceed 90 days) shall be paid to
the employee's estate. Note: Employees, who are promoted and are eligible to be
members of the bargaining unit, shall secure the same sick leave death benefit held at the
time of such promotion.

Sick Leave Bank:

A. All sworn supervisors may maintain and contribute to a sick leave bank on a voluntary
basis from their unused sick leave credits.

B. The rules and procedures of the sick leave bank shall be established to a Sick Leave Bank
Committee appointed by the Association.

C. A copy of all rules and procedures under which the sick leave bank operates must be
provided to the Chief by the Association.

D. The Sick Leave Bank Article or the procedures and standards established by the Sick
Leave Bank Committee shall not be subject to the grievance procedure.

ARTICLE 19: BEREAVEMENT LEAVE

Definition of Bereavement Leave:
“Bereavement Leave” means a leave of absence granted to an employee upon the occurrence
of a death in the employee's immediate family.

Commencement of Bereavement Leave:
Such leave shall normally commence upon the day following the death of the immediate family
member and shall consist of three (3) consecutive calendar days with pay. In the event of the

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death of an employee’s parent, spouse or child, bereavement leave shall consist of four (4)
consecutive calendar days with pay. If for reasons which would require out of state travel to the
funeral services or due to the actual date of the funeral services, the Chief of Police may allow a
delay in the commencement of the consecutive bereavement leave days.

Definition of immediate Family:
For purposes of this provision, "Immediate Family" shall be defined as follows:

Wife Husband Father
Mother Step-Father Step-Mother
Sister Grandmother Grandfather
Son Daughter Step-Son
Step-Daughter Brother Father-in-Law
Mother-in-Law Brother-in-Law Sister-in-Law
Step-Brother Step-Sister

Any Blood Relative or Legal Ward of the employee, residing in the same household as the
employee.

Domestic Partner:
A. The immediate family may also include an employee's domestic partner; however,

Management reserves the right to determine the circumstances under which a "domestic
partner” qualifies under this Article.

B. For purposes of this Article, "domestic partner" is defined as an individual:
1. Who had a long-term intimate relationship with an employee;
2. Who was living in the same household as the employee at the time of death; and
3. With whom the employee had an intent to remain in a long-term relationship.

C. Disputes concerning the qualification of a "domestic partner" shall be subject to the

Grievance Procedure through STEP 2 (Deputy Chief of Operations' Level) and STEP 3
(Chief's level), at which point the decision shall be final and binding upon the parties.

ARTICLE 20: EMERGENCY LEAVE

Upon the prior approval, and at the sole discretion of the Chief or his designee, an employee may
be granted emergency leave.

If granted, such leave shall be charged first against the employee's accrued sick leave and
thereafter against the employee's accrued vacation time.

Requests for extensions of emergency leave shal] be made in writing and may be granted at the
sole discretion of the Chief or his designee.

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ARTICLE 21: PERSONAL DAYS

A "Personal Day" is a day for which an employee is excused from active duty for personal
reasons. An employee may take a maximum of seven (7) personal days per calendar year
provided that:

A,

Prior approval is obtained from the Chief of Police or his designee (potential workloads,
manpower requirements, or any possibility of an emergency situation are considerations
before initial approval of any usages of personal days); and

A written request has been submitted to the Chief or his designee, no more than fifteen
(15) or less than five (5) days prior to the date of such personal day. These time limits
may be waived at the discretion of the Chief or his designee.

Personal Day Policies:

A.

B.

Any change or cancellation of an approved personal day, must be applied for in writing.

Approved personal days are subject to cancellation by the Chief or his designee to
accommodate the needs of the department.

Personal days taken shall be deducted from the employee's accrued sick leave. If the
employee has no sick leave, he shall not be eligible for a personal day.

Personal days may be taken consecutively pending approval by the Chief of Police or
designee.

Personal days are not accruable, nor shall they transferable to another calendar year.

ARTICLE 22: EXCHANGE OF WORKDAYS

Upon the prior approval and at the sole discretion of the Chief or his designee, employees may
exchange workdays if both employees involved agree.

Requests for exchanges of workdays shall be signed by both employees and submitted to the
Chief or his designee at least two (2) days in advance. This time limit may be waived at the
discretion of the Chief or his designee.

All such exchanges shall be limited to employees of equal rank.

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ARTICLE 23: SHIFT EXCHANGES

For the purposes of this Article, the term "shift" means an eight (8) hour tour of duty for more than
one workday.

Upon prior approval and at the sole discretion of the Chief or his designee, employees may
exchange shifts, provided that both employees involved submit a signed written request no less
than two (2) weeks prior to the date the exchange is to be effective; although, this time limit may
be waived at the discretion of the Chief or designee.

All such exchanges shall be limited to employees of equal rank.

ARTICLE 24: OVERTIME

An employee shall be paid one and one-half times his regular pay for all hours worked in excess
of eight (8) hours during his regularly scheduled tour of duty.

TIME WORKED:

The following types of leave are all considered time worked for the purpose of calculating
overtime.

Admin Leave w/Pay Bereavement Day Owed Holiday

Jury Duty Military Leave Personal Day from Sick Personal Day NOT from Sick

Personal Time Regular Duty Sick — Excused Sick Emergency Leave

Sick Family Member Sick Time Sick — Sick Bank Special Assignment

Special Personal Suspended Swap off Swap Off Self
Day wiPay

Time Coming Taken _ Train Off Trainee Training Instructor

Training Order Not Vacation Training Order Vacation Emergency Leave
OT Traveling

WC Light Duty WC Pending

Duty Callback Overtime:

Except as provided below, if an employee is called back to duty from off duty status, he shall be
paid a minimum of three (3) hours at time and one-half except where such three (3) hours
minimum overlaps the employee's regularly scheduled tour of duty.

Employees shall be compensated for thirty (30) minutes preparation time at time and one-half
the regular rate of pay only when the call to report back is within two (2) hours of the time required
for reporting to duty and the actual time worked is three (3) hours or more.

A. When actual time worked is less than three (3) hours, preparation time will not be
compensated.

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“Duty Callback overtime” does not cover court time, training, ALS hearings, other
administrative hearings, or similar events.

Compensation for “preparation time” does not include travel time or mileage
reimbursement.

ARTICLE 25: COMPENSATORY TIME

Employees shall earn compensatory time off at the rate of one and one-half (1 1/2) hours for
every hour worked on overtime. A maximum of twenty-four (24) hours compensatory time may
be accumulated.

A maximum of eight (8) hours may be taken at one time and shall not be taken on consecutive
days, except at retirement or transfer and then only upon approval of the Bureau Commander.

Requests for compensatory time off shall follow the same form as for overtime and shall be
submitted to the appropriate Bureau Commander or designee.

ARTICLE 26: OUTSIDE DETAILS

Compensation Rate — Full-Time Employees:

A.

Employees working outside details shall be paid at the hourly rate of $43.75 (Effective May
31,2015). Effective January 1, 2017, the outside detail rate shall be compensated at the
rate of time and one half of the hourly rate of a Second Year Special Officer.

A $3.00 per hour premium shall be paid in addition, for all outside details where alcoholic
beverages are served.

Once an employee is assigned and accepts an outside detail, he shall fill that detail or
notify the Desk Sergeant on duty at least two (2) hours prior to the start of the detail of his
inability to perform that duty. The time limit may be waived at the discretion of the Chief
or his designee.

All outside details shall be compensated for at a minimum of four (4) hours at the above
rates.

Special police services requiring the service of three (3) or more special officers may
require that an additional officer be assigned to supervise the detail. The decision to
assign an additional officer to supervise the detail and the selection of the officer shall rest
in the sole discretion of the Chief or his designee. In the event such officer is so assigned,
that officer shall receive an additional $2.00 per hour compensation.

Any contractor who books a detail from the Nashua Police Department shall have up to
one hour before the scheduled start time of that detail to cancel. The contractor will be
responsible for paying a four hour minimum to the detail officer if the job is not cancelled
prior to one hour of the scheduled start time.

A pension differential shall be paid to qualifying members for work at an outside detail,
whose date of hire recognized by the New Hampshire Retirement System is on or after

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7/1/2011. This differential is calculated as the amount of the outside detail paid multiplied
by the current Employer Contribution Pension Rate. The pension differential does not
apply to members whose outside detail pay earnings are considered as earnable
compensation for retirement. The pension differential will be charged to the outside detail
customer along with any other compensation paid as a result of the outside detail.

For example: $175.00 paid for four (4) hours of outside detail work performed at the rate
of $43.75 per hour, for a member hired on July 15, 2011, would receive a differential
calculated at the hourly rate of the current Employer Contribution Pension Rate times the
number of hours worked. Example: Current Rates: ($43.75 x 25.3%) (times 4 hours).

ARTICLE 27: COURT TIME

For all job-related court appearances or depositions which an employee is required to attend, the
employee shall receive a minimum of three (3) hours pay at one and one-half (1 1/2) times his
regular rate of pay, provided that if the three (3) hour minimum overlaps with his regular tour of
duty, overtime shail be paid only for those hours in court or at the deposition (including necessary
travel time) in excess of his regularly scheduled tour of duty. The employee shall also receive
the AAA established mileage from the police station to the place of attendance and return trip.
The Department will notify an employee of the need to appear in Nashua District Court at least
twenty-four (24) hours in advance. The Department shall notify an employee of the cancellation
of a Nashua District Court appearance at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance. If the
Department does not give twenty-four (24) hours notice of a Nashua District Court appearance
or cancellation, the Department shall pay the employee one (1) hour of overtime compensation
in addition to any other amounts due.

The employee shall not receive the benefit of both witness fees and overtime pay under this
provision.

ARTICLE 28: WAGES

Wages shall be paid in accordance with the following schedule. However, in the event
subordinates (employees covered by the Patrolmen’s collective bargaining agreement) receive
a higher cost of living raise (or other “across the board” wage increase) than the employees
covered by this Agreement, the same percentage increase shall also be extended to this
Bargaining Unit, in order to match the total pay raise negotiated under the Patrolmen’s collective
bargaining agreement, to include retroactivity, if any. The purpose and intent of this provision is
to maintain sufficient wage differentials (between the ranks of Master Patrolmen (I & I!) and
Sergeant, and between the ranks of Sergeant and Lieutenant) and to provide incentive for
promotion and to recognize more complex, levels of responsibility.

A. Fiscal Year 2020- July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020:

1. Effective July 1, 2019, employees shall receive a 3% cost of living increase
(Lieutenant: $104,788.13; Sergeant: $95,825.80)

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B. Fiscal Year 2021 — July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021:

1. Effective July 1, 2020, Lieutenants shall receive a 3% cost of living increase and
Sergeants shall receive a 2.75% cost of living increase
(Lieutenant: $107,931.77; Sergeant: $98,461.01).

C. Fiscal Year 2022 — July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022:

1. Effective July 1, 2021, employees shall receive a 3% cost of living increase
(Lieutenant: $111,169.72; Sergeant: $101,414.84)

D. Fiscal Year 2023 - July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023:

1. Effective July 1, 2022, Lieutenants shall receive a 3% cost of living Increase and
Sergeants shall receive a 2.75 % cost of living increase
(Lieutenant: $114,504.81; Sergeant: $104,203.75)

Effective July 1, 2015, Sergeants with a minimum of twelve (12) years of service at the Nashua
Police Department and three (3) years of service as a Sergeant at the Nashua Police Department
will receive a 1.5% wage increase to base salary effective on the anniversary date upon which
the employee attains twelve (12) years of service at the Nashua Police Department and three (3)
years of service as a Sergeant at the Nashua Police Department or effective July 1, 2015 in the
event that the employee had already attained that rank and years of service. Lieutenants with
twelve (12) years of service at the Nashua Police Department and two (2) years as a Lieutenant
at the Nashua Police Department will receive a 1.5% wage increase to base salary effective the
anniversary date upon which the employee attains twelve (12) years of service at the Nashua
Police Department and two (2) years of service as a Lieutenant at the Nashua Police Department
or effective July 1, 2015 in the event that the employee had already attained that rank and years
of service.

Specialty Pay

Sergeants or Lieutenants, who are multilingual and can provide proof of certifications from a
recognized organization/institution, shall receive a 1.0% differential pay of their current base pay.
The organization/institution providing the certification will need prior approval from the Chief of
Police or his/her designee. Sergeants or Lieutenants wishing to be certified will pay for the
certification up front and upon successful completion, will be reimbursed by the Nashua Police
Department for the aforementioned cost.

ARTICLE 29: BULLETIN BOARD

The Commission shall continue to maintain bulletin boards for the Association to post notices of
Association appointments, elections, meetings, recreational and social affairs, or other
Association- related matters.

Any other material or information must first be approved by the Commission. The Association
will promptly remove, upon the Commission's written request, material which is offensive or
detrimental to the Association Commission relationship. The Association will periodically or upon
the Commission's request review all posted material and remove that which is no longer pertinent.

ARTICLE 30: PARTIAL INVALIDITY AND SEPARABILITY

Should the parties hereafter agree that applicable law renders invalid or unenforceable any of the
provisions of this Agreement, the parties shall attempt to agree upon a replacement for the
affected provision. Such replacement provisions shall become effective immediately upon
ratification according to the respective procedures and regulations of the parties and shall remain
in effect for the duration of the Agreement.

In the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be declared invalid or
unenforceable by a court, board, or other appropriate authority, such invalidity or unenforceability
shall not affect the remaining provisions thereof.

ARTICLE 31: WAIVER

The parties acknowledge that during the negotiations which resulted in this Agreement, each had
the unlimited right and opportunity to make demands and proposals with respect to any subject
or matter not removed by law from the area of collective bargaining and that the understandings
and agreements arrived at by the parties after the exercise of that right and opportunity are set
forth in this Agreement. Therefore, the parties for the life of this Agreement voluntarily and
unqualifiedly waive the right, and each agrees that the other shall not be obligated to reopen
contract negotiations with respect to any subject or matter referred to or covered in this
Agreement. Further, the parties for the life of this Agreement voluntarily and unqualifiedly waive
the right, and each agrees that the other shall not be obligated to reopen contract negotiations
with respect to any subject or matter not specifically referred to or covered in this Agreement,
even though such subject or matter may not have been within the knowledge or contemplation
of any of the parties at the time this Agreement was negotiated or signed. The parties may,
however, voluntarily agree to reopen contract negotiations on any subject at any time.

This Agreement contains all of the agreements and understandings between the parties; and
supersedes all previous agreements and understanding, and no oral agreement or understanding
survives the execution hereof.

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