Agenda

With prior approval, and at the sole discretion of the Chief of Police, paid leaves of
absence may be granted to regular full-time employees due to personal illness up to six
(6) weeks. The paid leaves of absence are limited to an employee's total accruals of sick
and vacation time.

Full-time employees continue to accrue sick and vacation time while on paid leaves of
absence. A leave of absence shall be charged first against the employee's accumulated
sick leave and then against the employee's accumulated vacation time.

If a regular full-time employee or Detention Specialist must leave city employment to
enter directly into active service in the armed forces of the United States involuntarily, he
shall be granted a military leave of absence for the anticipated length of such service.
The employee will be allowed seniority credit for the time spent in the armed forces.

A. Such leave shall normally commence upon the day following the death of
the immediate family member.

B. Employees may utilize sick leave for the hours missed when first notified
of deaths, unless it is at the beginning of their normal tour of duty.

Definitions:

ARTICLE 18
BEREAVEMENT LEAVE

For the purposes of this Article:

A. The term "bereavement leave" means "a leave of absence granted to an
employee upon a death occurring in the employee's Immediate Family".

B. The Chief's "designee" is the Deputy Chief of Operations or the Bureau
Commander. In the absence of the Deputy Chief of Operations or the
Bureau Commander, the Chiefs designee may be the Divisional
Supervisor.

C. “Domestic partner” is defined as an individual:

Full-time employees who abuse sick leave, shall forfeit 10 days (for 40-
hour-a-week employees), of accrued sick leave for a first offense. (If the
entire 10 days cannot be deducted from the accumulated total due to the
accrual amount, the negative balance will be carried over until the entire
time can be deducted.)

prevention measures shall be deducted from the non-exempt employee's
accumulated sick leave by actual hours missed. If the employee is exempt
(salaried), he shall not have this time deducted from sick leave; however,
the time may be required to be documented and allocated to FMLA if the
absence is a qualifying FMLA event. This includes the right to require
the employee to submit a physician's statement verifying the need for the
use of the sick leave, irrespective of the number of sick hours taken. The

Transfers from another Bargaining Unit or other City Department:

Full-time and part-time employees who transfer from another bargaining unit or from
another City Department without any breaks in City service will be permitted to retain
their sick leave accrual balances. However, they will not be permitted to use them as sick
days under this article until completion of six (6) months of continuous employment.

Full-Time Employees:

plans or employees hired after the date of ratification of this Agreement. In the event of a
spouse’s death, divorce, or a job loss resulting in a member’s loss of health insurance
coverage under that spouse’s plan, the member shall be allowed to join Northern New
England Benefit Trust.

Alligiant Care shall retain the right to modify said Plan should experience become
unmanageable.

may elect to wear clothing conforming to the standards of the Department for business
casual dress. It will be at the discretion of the Chief of Police or designee to make a
determination of acceptable or nonacceptable attire.

Grooming:

Personal appearances of all male and female employees should be clean and neat.
Mustaches, beards, and hairstyles should be neatly trimmed and groomed.

ARTICLE 16

MEDICAL & LIFE INSURANCE

bereavement leave, vacation or sick leave, jury duty, military reserve or
National Guard duty, court appearance by subpoena, or other
compensatory time off, determined by your supervisor.

B. Holidays that fall on Saturday are celebrated on Friday, and ones that fall
on Sunday are celebrated on Monday.

Holiday Pay for Non-Essential Emplovees:
Non-essential full-time employees do not work holidays, but receive a paid day off.
Holiday Pay for Essential Employees: