D. Approval of the Chief of Police: Any other uses not defined under Paragraph “B”
above, shall be brought to the attention of the Chief of Police or a Deputy Chief in his/her
absence for approval prior to the electronic communication being sent to the Union membership.
ARTICLE 36: PARTIAL INVALIDITY, SEPARABILITY, & COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS
INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE PROVISIONS WITHIN THE AGREEMENT:
B. Temporary Employee: A full- or part-time employee who has not completed a probationary period
or who has completed a probationary period, but whose position is funded either in full or in part by
a grant.
C. Grant Employee: A full- or part-time temporary employee who is paid either in full or in part
through a grant for a period of time and is not guaranteed continued employment.
ARTICLE 33: SENIORITY
DEFINITIONS:
A.
B.
City Seniority: “City seniority” is defined as continuous service either from the date of hire or
rehire and is used for accrual purpose only.
Department Seniority: “Department seniority” is defined from either the date of hire or transfer
into the Department and shall be given due consideration with regard to choice of vacations and
layoffs.
SENIORITY POLICIES:
A.
ARTICLE 30: VACANCIES
GENERAL POLICY:
It is a policy of the Nashua Police Department to employ the best candidates possible through positive
recruitment and selection to ensure a lower rate of personnel turnover, fewer disciplinary problems, higher
moral, better community relations, and more efficient and effective services. The recruitment process will
be consistent with City and Department procedures and Federal and State laws.
FILLING VACANCIES WITH CURRENT EMPLOYEES:
ARTICLE 29: WORKERS COMPENSATION
GENERAL CITY POLICIES:
A. State RSA/City’s Worker’s Compensation Insurance: Employees shall be covered by the
provisions of the New Hampshire Worker's Compensation Act, as may be amended from time to
time, and by related City policies. All employees are covered by the City's worker's compensation
insurance. The cost of this coverage shall be paid entirely by the City.
UTILIZING COMPENSATORY TIME:
When employees utilize compensatory time:
A,
C.
Depariment Form: The employee will complete the appropriate Department form when utilizing
any compensatory time (time coming}. The same procedures will be following as vacations, etc.
ARTICLE 27: COMPENSATORY TIME (TIME COMING)
NON-EXEMPT EMPLOYEES:
Non-exempt employees may convert overtime worked, but not less than one hour of overtime at a time,
into a maximum amount of 16 time coming hours.
EXEMPT EMPLOYEES:
Exempt personnel do not receive time coming for time worked beyond their normal work hours; however,
they may be allowed flextime as outlined under the Overtime Article.
GENERAL POLICIES:
Compensatory time is allowed for non-exempt employees only under the following conditions:
hours during a pay week, Sunday through Saturday. in lieu of overtime, the non-exempt employee
may choose to exchange this overtime to compensation time as set forth in Article 25.
ARTICLE 254: EXCHANGE OF WORKDAYS
For the purposes of this Article, the words "Exchange of Workdays" means one normal workday and such
exchange shall be for each other's position’s duties, unless otherwise approved by the Chief of Police or
his designee.
A.
Exchanges of workdays are limited to individuals who have been cross-trained to adequately cover
the other position as determined and approved by their bureau commanders or supervisor.
Longevity payments received by employees shall be added to their total annual wages for computation of
overtime rates and paid in accordance with the regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
If employees retire, longevity payments will be prorated by month based on the actual length of service.
Employees must work at least 15 calendar days in any month to receive credit for that month.
