Reimbursement eligibility is in the order set forth above to the limit of available funds. All
courses must be approved in advance by the Human Resources Department in order to be
eligible for reimbursement. Any single individual employee may utilize up to fifteen percent of
the total tuition account per fiscal year. However, if such an employee would be entitled to
additional reimbursement but for this limit, and there is any money remaining in the tuition
account at the end of the fiscal year, said employee can request additional rembursement. The
Human Resources Department will develop such administrative policies and forms as may be
needed from time to time to efficiently administer this program.
Reimbursement is subject to the following:
Students enrolled in a bachelors degree, associates degree or certificate programs and students
taking non work related courses must achieve a "C" or better in the course to be reimbursed.
Students enrolled in graduate studies must achieve a "B" or better in the course to be reimbursed.
Students enrolled in "other" courses, including courses without grades, must show
documentation of completion of the course.
Mandatory Courses
Courses required to be taken by the City of Nashua, shall be reimbursed at one hundred percent
of all tuition, lab, registration and related expenses. The City shall fund all expenses separate of
the "tuition account" described above.
As part of the resolution to approve the cost items of this Agreement (July 1, 2020 — June 30,
2024), the parties agree that $37,871 shall be deducted from the tuition account and used for a
one-time agreed upon set of grade and step adjustments in the Clerical / Technical unit.
Article 21
Alternative Schedules
Employees shall ordinarily work five (5) eight (8) hour days per week as scheduled during
normal city business hours by management. Employees may request alternative schedules. In the
event that City operations warrant, management may establish alternative schedules. If
alternative schedules are not established for all employees performing the same duties, those
employees concerned may select the schedule they prefer on the basis of seniority up to the
number of employees to be assigned the alternative schedule.
Article 22
Long Term Disability (LTD)
Full time employees and part time employees working twenty (20) or more hours per week who
are covered by this agreement and who have been employed by the City for one (1) year on an
uninterrupted basis except by reason of layoff, on the job injury or approved leave of absence,
shall be covered for long term disability under a policy of insurance, the premium for which is to
be fully paid by the City, subject to such eligibility requirements and other terms and conditions
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