City of Nashua
Human Resources Department
229 Main Street - Nashua, NH 03060
MEMORANDUM
To: Board of Aldermen
From: Larry Budreau, Human Resources Director
Ce: Mayor Donchess
Kim Kleiner, Administrative Services Director
Subject: UAW Professional Work Schedule & Pay Practices
Date: March 9, 2020
Nashua resident Laurie Ortolano addressed the Personnel / Administrative Affairs Committee on
Monday March 2. She expressed interest in a segment of the Police Department’s
intradepartmental Communication regarding the Nashua Assessing Department Investigation.
“As a salaried employee Turgiss is entitled to his salary regardless of the actual hours he works as
long as he works at some point during a pay period.”
Ms. Ortolano read a section of the UAW Professional Unit collective bargaining agreement.
Focusing on “the nermal work schedule shall consist of five (5) consecutive eight (8) hour work
days,” she questioned apparently conflicting information. Why does the union contract describe a
40-hour workweek and the Police memo state that “as a salaried employee Turgiss is entitled to his
salary regardless of the actual hours he works as long as he works at some point during a pay
period?”
Discussion
At the March 2 Committee meeting Alderman Tencza correctly cited the New Hampshire statute
that is the basis for the remark in the PD memo. Please note the first sentence of the statute.
275:43-b Payment of Salaried Employees. -
{. Asalaried employee shall receive full salary for any pay period in which such employee performs
any work without regard to the number of days or hours Worked ........:.sesceseceeeeeeeeees
Source. 1994, 290:4. 2004, 145:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
-Mr-Furgiss-confirmed Ms: Ortolano’s-allegation that he frequently took a lunch break for more than
an hour in April 2019. Correspondingly, he generally arrived at work 45 minutes to an hour early
