The following holidays shall be recognized by
the Town on the day on which they are legally observed by the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, and on these days employees, without loss of pay,
shall be excused from all duty except in cases where the appointing
authority determines that the employee is required to maintain essential
Town services.
New Year's Day
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Martin Luther King Day
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President's Day
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Good Friday (from 12:00 noon)
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Patriot's Day
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Memorial Day
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Independence Day
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Labor Day
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Columbus Day
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Veterans' Day
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Thanksgiving Day
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Day after Thanksgiving Day
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December 24 (from 12:00 noon)*
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Christmas Day
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December 31 (from 12:00 noon)*
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Any other day that may be declared a holiday
by the Town of Blackstone
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*NOTE: Legal holidays that fall on a Saturday
shall be observed on the last full working day. Legal holidays that
fall on a Sunday shall be observed on the next full working day.
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Holiday pay shall be granted as follows:
A. A part-time employee working 20 hours or more per
week and who is paid on an hourly basis will receive one day's pay
at the regular rate based on the number of hours regularly scheduled
on the day on which the designated holiday occurs. If the number of
hours worked varies, the amount of holiday pay to which an employee
is entitled shall be determined by the employee's appointing authority.
B. Holiday pay shall be granted to an employee, provided
that the employee shall have worked on the employee's last scheduled
working day prior to and the next regularly scheduled working day
following such holiday, or was in full pay status on such preceding
and following days in accordance with other provisions of these regulations,
or was appropriately excused.
Each employee shall be credited with sick leave
accumulation at the rate of 1 1/4 days for each completed calendar
month of service. Sick leave shall be accumulated up to 120 days.
A certificate from a doctor shall be required after three consecutive
days' absence on sick leave; if not furnished, the employee shall
not be entitled to sick leave pay. Additionally, if an employee has
more than five total absences on sick leave during any one quarter.
(July 1 to September 30; October 1 to December 31; January 1 to March
31; and April 1 to June 30), he must supply a medical certificate
for all additional absences during the next nine months, or he will
not be entitled to sick leave pay. Further, after an employee has
more than five total absences on sick leave during any one fiscal
year, the Town may require that he be examined by a Town designated
physician at the Town's expense before granting employee additional
sick leave pay for the next nine months. For the purposes of this
section, consecutive days of sick leave will only be counted as one
absence. In the case of absence due to an injury while at work, the
employer agrees to make up the difference between regular base wages
and the amount received from worker's compensation by applying the
difference from the sick time which the employee has accumulated at
the time of the injury. If the employee has not accumulated any sick
leave time, he shall not be entitled to the difference.
Sick leave may be accumulated to a maximum of
120 days. Effective July 1, 2002, any amount of accumulated sick leave
beyond the 120 days in each fiscal year shall be reimbursed to the
employee by 50% at the employee's regular hourly rate of pay during
the last week of June, 2003.
Upon retirement, employees shall receive 50%
of their accumulated sick leave at their straight time hourly or daily
rate of pay. However, in order to provide sufficient opportunity to
properly fund such sick leave, a minimum notice of 120 days is required.
[Amended 6-12-2012]
For all employees covered by this policy who
work on average more than 20 hours per week, vacation shall be granted
to personnel in full-time or part-time continuous employment as follows:
A. Commencing July 1, 2012, each employee shall be credited beginning
each fiscal year (July 1) with vacation leave with pay as follows:
(1) For more than six months but less than one year of service, as of
July 1, five vacation days with pay.
(2) For one year of service but less than five years of service, as of
July 1, 10 days' vacation with pay.
(3) For five years of service, but less than 11 years of service, as
of July 1, 15 days' vacation with pay.
(4) For 11 years of service, but less than 14 years of service, as of
July 1, 20 days' vacation with pay.
(5) For 15 years of service, but less than 19 years of service, as of
July 1, 25 days' vacation with pay.
(6) For 20 years of service or more, as of July 1, 30 days' vacation
with pay.
B. Should a department head fail to use his or her vacation time, said
vacation time will be forfeited. No vacation time shall be allowed
to be accumulated or carried over from year to year.
C. If the employment of a person who has become entitled
to an annual vacation, but has not taken it, is terminated, he shall
be paid for his vacation. Upon the death of an employee who is entitled
to a vacation allowance, the allowance shall be paid to the person
or persons to whom unpaid salary is payable.
In the event of the death of the father, mother,
spouse, sister, brother, son, daughter, mother-in-law, father-in-law,
stepfather, stepmother or stepchildren of an employee, he will be
granted leave with pay in the amount of three consecutive working
days. Such leave shall not be charged to vacation leave. One day will
be granted to attend the funeral of one's grandparents. Any bereavement
leave in excess of three days will be charged first against an employee's
accumulated sick leave, and second, against an employee's accumulated
vacation leave. At the discretion of a department head, additional
bereavement leave may be granted to an employee.
Jury duty leave shall be granted in accordance
with state law.
Employees shall be paid the difference between
compensation received while on temporary summer or like periods of
training in the military forces of the nation or the state for a period
not to exceed 17 days in any twelve-month period (fiscal year); provided,
however, that payment shall not be made to members of the National
Guard when mobilized during an emergency in the state.
[Amended 11-26-2002]
Payment for overtime shall be in accordance
with the terms of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1928, as amended.
If an assignment requires work in excess of the normal workweek hours,
such time must be authorized in advance by the department head. Supervisory,
professional and managerial employees are exempt employees and are
not eligible for overtime pay.
Longevity increases will be based upon the employee's
date of hire and will be effective on the first day or nearest the
full week in which the employee reaches his/her anniversary date.