A.
The Mayor and Council reserve the right to add, change, interpret
or eliminate personnel policies, practices and rules whenever it appears
to be in the best interest of the Township to do so.
B.
All changes, additions or deletions shall be made by means of amendments
to the Code enacted by ordinance.
Each employee shall receive a copy of the personnel policies
of the Township of Allamuchy, which that employee shall study and
retain for future reference. After a careful study of the policies,
practices and rules set forth therein, he or she shall sign a statement
agreeing to conform to the same and file it with the Township Clerk.
A separate personnel history file shall be established and maintained
by the Township Clerk for each employee of the Township.
A.
Each personnel history file required by this article shall contain
the following forms and documents:
(1)
A summary of personnel actions.
(2)
An application for employment and reference letters, if any.
(3)
An agreement to conform to personnel policies, practices and rules.
(4)
Letters of commendation or of censure.
(5)
Reports of hearings involving the employee.
(6)
Any correspondence, memoranda or other pertinent material directly
concerning the employee.
(7)
A compensation record (on top of file).
(8)
Job description.
(9)
Record of vacations, personal days and sick days taken for each year
of employment.
(10)
Copies of benefit plan enrollment forms.
A.
Personnel history files required by this article are confidential
records. Such files shall be carefully maintained in the office of
the Township Clerk in a locked file and safeguarded permanently. Nothing
placed in any file shall be removed therefrom.
In all personnel history files, each entry shall be made and
endorsed by the department head, Mayor or Personnel Committee member.
Only the Mayor, Council and Township Clerk may have access to
the personnel history files. Any employee may, at reasonable times
and in the office of the Township Clerk, examine his or her personnel
history file.
