Merit and appointed employees are eligible for administrative leave in accordance with the terms of this Article XVI.
Administrative leave is paid leave which may be granted to eligible
employees for regularly scheduled hours during which they are not
required to work, under the following conditions:
A.
To relieve an employee of duty for an indeterminate time pending
the resolution of any issue involving such employee if, in the judgment
of the Mayor, the effectiveness of government would be best served
by granting such leave;
B.
When the Town government closes or opens late due to an unforeseen
event which prevents employees from reaching their workplace or which
may affect their safety and welfare during the course of the normal
weekday; or
C.
For other reasons, at the discretion of the Mayor.
A.
A work day is a twenty-four-hour period commencing at 12:01 a.m.
and ending at 12:00 midnight.
B.
Some employees may be designated as essential (as determined by the
department head) and required to report for work or remain on duty
when the Town government is closed during normal business hours in
accordance with the above. Employees who actually work on that work
day shall be paid the applicable regular, overtime, compensatory leave,
or other rate for the greater of the hours worked or the normally
scheduled hours and shall receive straight-time pay or compensatory
leave, as chosen by the Town, equal to the number of normal business
hours during which the Town is closed. Employees scheduled to be on
paid leave during a work day in which the Town government closes shall
continue to use such leave, as scheduled, without any credit given
for the government closure.
