Board Of Aldermen

A. An employee with less than ten (10) years of service in the department shall receive a
lump sum longevity payment of $300.00 the pay week following the employee's
anniversary date.

B. An employee with ten (10) years of service in the department shall receive a lump sum
longevity payment of $500.00 the pay week following the employee's anniversary date.
Employees with more than 10 years of service will receive an additional $59.09375.00
each year thereafter.

C. Vacation block weeks will take precedence over individual vacation days, personal days,
swaps, etc.

Maximum Amount Taken During a Calendar Year:

Effective December 28, 2004, during a calendar year, members are limited to taking their annual amount
of accrued vacation leave, as specified under paragraph “Accrual Raies” above. Effective July 1, 2016:
An employee, in their final year of employment, will be entitled to use the amount of vacation time available
in their current vacation balance with no cap.

Callbacks:

ARTICLE 9
SENIORITY

For purposes of this Agreement, seniority is defined as follows: "Established first by virtue of
rank and secondly by the aggregate time served in rank. Where conflict occurs because of
identical time of service or date of appointment, the member of the department with the longest
aggregate time served in the next lower rank is deemed to hold seniority."

member, if applicable, within ten (10) calendar days of its occurrence, or when knowledge was
obtained that a grievance existed.

The Association will reply within thirty (30) working days after the grievance is presented. Failing
a settlement between the Commission or its designates and the Association, the grievance may
be presenied to the American Arbitration Association, Public Employee Labor Relations Board,
or Hillsborough County Superior Court within sixty (60) working days after the reply.

SECTION C - GENERAL PROVISIONS

STEP 2. Failing a settlement at STEP 1, the grievant may present the grievance to a Deputy
Chief of Operations in writing within seven (7) calendar days after the reply in STEP 1. If the
grievance is directed at a Deputy Chief of Operations, the grievance may be started at STEP 3.
The Deputy Chief of Operations will reply in writing to the grievant within seven (7) calendar days
after the grievance is presented. If the Deputy Chief of Operations is unavailable, the grievance
may be started at STEP 3.

A Shop Steward or Alternate Shop Steward shall investigate all situations/issues brought to his
attention. Association representatives normally conduct investigations and all other phases of
grievance handling during off-duty hours. If the nature of the grievance is such that expedited
handling will result in prompt disposition thereof without interference to department operations,
or require the need to hire overtime personnel, or to reassign personnel from outside of

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7. For post-disciplinary hearings, an employee is entitled to receive copies, in total, of
the documentation supporting the punitive disciplinary action(s).

8. Interviews and investigations conducted by the Nashua Police Department shall be
concluded with no unreasonable delay. The employee shall be advised either in
writing or verbally of the results of the completed, documented Nashua Police
Department investigation.

To be disciplined for just cause only;

To determine if a hearing will be a public or nonpublic session in accordance with
RSA 91- A:3, Il (a);

To be notified that a documented complaint has been received from a citizen
against an employee, unless said notification would directly interfere with an on-
going investigation conducted by the Nashua Police Department.

Deductions shall automatically terminate upon the occurrence of any of the following
events:

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2.

3.

4.

Termination of employment;
Demotion or promotion out of the bargaining unit;
Lay-off or reduction in force;

Revocation by the employee of Dues Authorization.

The Association shall indemnify and save harmless the Commission, the Department, and
the City from any and all suits and damages arising out of, or in connection with, such
dues deductions.

ARTICLE 6
EMPLOYEE RIGHTS