[Adopted 6-17-1991 as part of Ord. No. 1991-5; amended in its entirety 8-7-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-15]
The Township of Lumberton shall, by ordinance, establish titles for public employment by the Township of Lumberton and salary ranges for Township employees.
A. 
The Township of Lumberton has assembled and shall maintain an Employee Handbook which shall set forth the personnel policies and procedures of the Township of Lumberton including rules concerning the hiring and termination of employees, terms and conditions of employment, and regulations required to comply with applicable federal and state employment-related laws.
B. 
The Employee Handbook shall, as provided for herein, constitute the official personnel policies and procedures of the Township of Lumberton, shall be applicable to all officials, appointees, employees, prospective employees, volunteers and independent contractors of the Township, and with the exception of applicable state and federal laws and regulations and the provisions of any applicable collective bargaining agreement, shall be the sole source for determining Township policy involving personnel employed by the Township of Lumberton. In the event of a conflict between said personnel practices and any duly adopted and lawful collective bargaining agreement, personnel services contract or federal or state law, the terms and conditions of that contract or law shall prevail.
A. 
A copy of the current Employee Handbook and any subsequent updated versions thereof shall be distributed to all employees. Each employee shall be required to execute a written acknowledgement of his receipt of the Employee Handbook and each subsequent version thereof in a form of acknowledgement established by the Township Administrator.
B. 
Revised Employee Handbooks and/or revisions to the Employee Handbooks shall be adopted by resolution of the Township Committee. Revised Employee Handbooks or revisions thereto shall be adopted by resolution, from time to time, whenever any changes in personnel policy or operations necessitate such action. Whenever there is a policy revision or change made without complete revision, adoption and distribution of a revised version of the Employee Handbook, the Township Administrator shall distribute written notice of the change or revision to all employees of the Township.
C. 
The Township Administrator shall maintain a current, master copy of the Employee Handbook in the office of the Township Administrator, which shall be kept up-to-date and include all revisions and amendments made thereto. The Employee Handbook as maintained by the Township Administrator shall serve as the controlling source of the personnel policies and procedures of the Township and shall be made available to any employees who wish to review same.
D. 
The Township of Lumberton may include a copy of the Employee Handbook as an appendix to the Code of the Township of Lumberton. In such event, it shall be understood to be for convenience only and that the Employee Handbook as maintained by the Township Administrator shall remain the official and controlling version of the Employee Handbook.