Dz In order to receive bereavement pay the employee, shall upon request, provide
documentation of death and relation. Should documentation be requested, such request shall not
be arbitrary or capricious.
ARTICLE 19 - MILITARY LEAVE PAY
An employee called to serve not more than a seventeen (17) day annual training tour of
duty with the National Guard or Armed Forces Reserves will be paid the difference between his
or her pay for such government service and the amount of straight time earnings lost by the
employee by reason of such service, based on the employee’s regularly scheduled straight time
rate. Such payments are to be made following the showing of satisfactory evidence of the
amount of pay received for such service on the Personnel Claim for Pay form.
ARTICLE 20 - JURY DUTY PAY
An employee called as a juror will be paid the difference between the fee received for
such service and the amount of straight time earnings lost by the employee by reason of such
service Satisfactory evidence must be submitted to the employee’s immediate supervisor.
Payment of meals and/or mileage shall not be considered as part of the fee for purposes of this
agreement. Claims under this agreement are to be made on the Personnel Claim for Pay forms.
Employees serving less than a full day on jury duty must report back for work within one hour of
being dismissed in order to be paid for the partial day.
ARTICLE 21 - PERSONAL LEAVE
An employee may use three (3) days of personal leave per fiscal year for personal
business. Notification of intent to utilize a “personal day” must be provided to the supervisor no
later than the workday twenty-four (24) hours prior to the “personal day”. Personal leave cannot
be carried over from one fiscal year to another.
ARTICLE 22 - LONGEVITY BONUS PAY
A. Regular full-time employees who have been employed by the City for five (5) or
more years, on an uninterrupted basis except by reason of lay-off or approved leave of absence
are eligible for a longevity payment on the anniversary of their date of hire. Effective July 1,
2011, longevity payments are as follows:
5 to 9 years of service $ 400.00
10 to 14 years of service $ 600.00
15 to 19 years of service $ 800.00
20 to 24 years of service $ 1,000.00
25 years of service and over $1,200.00
B. An employee eligible to receive longevity pay, who quits his or her employment
or is dismissed for just cause prior to his/her anniversary date of employment, shall forfeit his or
her right to entitlement to all or any portion of longevity pay to which the employee would
otherwise be entitled.
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