granted request. Employees who are on such leave shall continue to pay their
portion of the premiums during that period and thereafter shall pay 100% of the
cost to continue coverage.
D. Leaves of absence shall not exceed ninety (90) days for any single
request. Employees may submit consecutive or non-consecutive requests for leaves
of absence not to exceed the ninety (90) day cap for any single request.
Article 25 - LONGEVITY BONUS PAY
A. — Regular full-time employees who have been employed by the City for
seven Or more years, on an uninterrupted basis except by reason of lay-off or
approved leave of absence, will recetve a longevity payment during the last pay
period in November, for the current calendar year, based on their length of service
as of November 22nd, as follows:
7 to 9 years of service -------------------------------- $200.00
10 to 16 years of service ------------------ one week’s base pay
17+ years of service --------- one and one half week's base pay
B. — Longevity bonus pay to regular part-time employees who work 25 or
more hours per week and who have seven or more years of service as in A above,
shall be determined by the average number of weekly hours worked during the
preceding year in proportion to the weekly hours of regular full-ttme employees.
C. An employee eligible to receive longevity pay, who voluntarily
terminates his/her employment or is dismissed for just cause prior to November 22
of any year, shall forfeit his/her right to entitlement to all or any portion of
longevity pay to which he/she would otherwise be entitled.
D. | Employees hired after July 1, 2005 shall not be eligible for Longevity
Bonus.
Article 26 - CLOTHING ALLOWANCE
A. The City will give an initial issue to each new employee of three sets
of work clothing (pants, shirts and jackets).
B. — For eachyear of this agreement, employees who have completed their
probationary period will be authorized the following amounts to be used to
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