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Holiday Pay
All employees who have completed their probationary period shall receive pay for Columbus Day,
Veteran’s Day, New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Thanksgiving Day, Day after Thanksgiving,
Christmas Day, and Memorial Day at their regular straight time rate of pay. In order to qualify for
pay on an unworked holiday, an employee must work on the last scheduled workday prior to holiday
and their first scheduled day after the holiday, unless on paid leave that was authorized forty-eight (48)
hours prior to the beginning of the holiday/holiday weekend, or the employee presents a note from a
qualified medical professional verifying the reason for using sick leave hours.
School Closures
In the event an entire school day is canceled for weather-related or non-weather-related reasons, Tier |
and Tier |] employees may utilize a personal day for that day. If an employee has filed to take a sick
day on the weather-cancellation day at least 30 days in advance, the sick day shall be honored.
ARTICLE V
SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS
Workers’ Compensation and Pension
Employees shall be covered by the provisions of the New Hampshire Workers' Compensation Act and
the New Hampshire Retirement System in accordance with state statute as amended from time to
time.
Tax Sheltered Annuity
The Board of Education agrees to allow employees to take advantage of the Federal Law concerning
tax-sheltered annuities
Health Insurance
Subject to the provisions of this article, the Board shall provide, upon the request of an employee
regularly scheduled to work at least 30 hours per week the amount of premiums specified below for an
individual, two person, or family plan for one of the following, or at least three comparable plans for
each option (a), {b)}, and (c):
(a) Point-of-Service Plan
(b) HMO Plan; or
(c) High-Deductible Health Plan with Health Savings Account (HSA)
(d) The Board may make additional plans available to members with benefit levels and
premium cost sharing determined by the Board in its sole discretion.
The option of the health care plan is at the sole discretion of the City. It is agreed by all parties
concerned that the city reserves and shall have the right to change insurance carriers provided the
benefits to participants are comparable and the city elects the least expensive plan available to provide
such benefits.
Should the City determine that it is in the best interests of the City to offer a “comparable” plan to either option
“a”, “b", or “c”, it shall provide at least one hundred twenty (120) days prior written notice to the Union and
documentation of the cost to members and the benefits that will be provided under the comparable plan
Should the Union determine that the proposed plan is not comparable, the grievance shall not be subject to
the grievance procedure and shall be submitted directly for arbitration no later than thirty (30) days after the
Union is notified of the proposed change to the comparable plan. The grievance shall be heard in an
expedited manner. The decision of the arbitrator shall be binding on both parties.
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