Tier 1 Employees
After ten (10) years of service $500
After fifteen (15) years of service $600
After twenty (20) years of service $750
After twenty-five (25) years of service $1000
Tier Il and Tier Ill] employees will be eligible for fifty percent (50%) of the above listed longevity
payment amounts when they reach the applicable years of service criteria.
There will be no pro-rata payments to employees who are not in the employ of the District on
September 15 Years of service with the District will be computed on September 1*. An employee
who has worked at least ninety (90) days in a school year shall be credited with a year of service for
purposes of longevity.
4:8 Supplemental Injury Benefits
A. Employees absent from work as the result of a work-relatedwork-related injury or illness occurring
during employment with the District, and who receive Workers' Compensation benefits, shall be
paid by the BOARD, the difference between the employee's average daily wage and the amount of
daily workers’ compensation benefits the employee receives -for each day the employee is
scheduled to work.
B. It is intended that no employee shall receive for each day of absence more than the amount of the
employee's regular daily pay. Any excess amounts received shall be forthwith returned to the
BOARD.
C. Absences under this provision shall be charged to the employee's accumulated sick leave on the
basis of forty percent (40%) of sick leave deducted for each day of absence.
D. This supplemental benefit shall cease upon the exhaustion of the employee's sick leave
entitlements.
E. The provisions of this section shall not prevent an employee from electing to waive the
supplemental benefit from the District in which instance no sick days shall be deducted from the
employee's accumulated sick leave.
F. An employee absent from work due to a work-related injury or illness, as determined by workers'
compensation, may be terminated by the District at the time the employee is deemed, under
Workers’ Compensation, to be fully able to perform the employee's former job responsibilities and
fails to return, or after one year subject to a physician's statement as provided in this section 4:8F,
whichever is sooner. The employee must provide a written statement from a licensed physician
stating that the employee may reasonably be expected to be able to return to work fully able to
perform the employee's former job responsibilities within that afa—-yeargne-vear period. If the
employee cannot provide said statement, the employee may be terminated after a six-month
period. Upon medical certification that the employee is fully able to perform the employee's former
job responsibilities, an employee terminated under this section 4:8F because of an absence of six
months or one year, as applicable, may be considered for rehire for the next available similar
position as that held by the employee at the time of termination provided the employee is qualified
for the position.
4:9 Severance Pay
Upon the resignation, retirement or death of a Tier | empfoyee in the employ of the Nashua School
District who has at least ten (10) yearc-senaceyears’ service in the District, the Board shall pay to that
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