A.
Town Hall employees shall work 35 hours per week.
B.
Public Works Department employees, other than employees
of the Engineering Division, shall work 40 hours per week.
C.
The standard workweek for members of the Police Department
shall average 37.5 hours in accordance with the negotiated labor agreement.
[Amended 9-13-72; 9-12-73]
D.
Fire Department employees shall work 42 hours per
week.
[Amended 9-17-68 effective 10-19-68; amended
5-20-69; effective 9-1-69]
[Amended 9-17-68; effective 10-19-68]
A.
No overtime pay shall be paid to any employee, except
Public Works, Police and Fire employees, unless specifically authorized
by the appointing authority. Department heads shall arrange for time
off in lieu of overtime worked whenever necessary.
B.
Public Works Department employees, except the Director
of Public Works, Highway Superintendent, Park Superintendent, and
employees of the Engineering Division, shall be paid at the rate of
1 1/2 times for working time in excess of 40 hours. Fire Department
employees shall be paid at the rate of 1 1/2 times for working
time in excess of 42 hours. Police Department employees of the rank
of Sergeant shall be paid at the rate of 1 1/2 times for working
time in excess of their regularly scheduled workweek, or for any hour
in excess of eight hours per day.
[Amended 9-13-72; 9-12-73]
Employees shall be in attendance at their work
in accordance with these rules and general or departmental regulations.
All departments shall keep daily attendance records of employees,
which shall be reported to the Selectmen's office on the form and
dates they shall specify.
A.
The following holidays shall be observed by Town employees:
New Year's Day; Martin Luther King's birthday observance; Presidents'
Day; Good Friday; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Columbus
Day; Veteran's Day; Thanksgiving Day; and Christmas Day.
[Amended 11-25-69, effective 9-1-69; 3-12-86,
effective 3-28-86]
B.
In addition to the above holidays, employees may be
granted other paid holidays when offices are closed by action of the
Board of Selectmen.
C.
If an observed holiday falls during an employee's
vacation period, he shall be entitled to an additional day off.
D.
Whenever a legal holiday falls on a Sunday, the following
day shall be considered a holiday except for employees whose regularly
scheduled workweek includes Sunday.
E.
Employees who are required to work on an observed
holiday because of the nature of their work shall be granted another
day off as arranged by the department head.
[Added 9-17-68, effective 10-19-68; amended
11-25-69, effective 9-1-69]
A.
All permanent employees shall be entitled to one day
of annual leave (vacation) with pay for each month that the employee
is in the employ of the Town. Probationary employees shall accumulate
annual leave at the above rate during their probationary period but
shall not be credited with it until the successful completion of their
probation. Employees with five or more years of continuous service
shall be annually entitled to 15 days' annual leave, accumulated at
the rate of one and one-fourth (1 1/4) days per month. Employees
with 15 or more years of continuous service shall be annually entitled
to 21 days of annual leave, accumulated at the rate of one and three-fourths
(1 3/4) days per month.
[Amended 11-25-1969, effective 9-1-1969; 9-12-1973; 11-9-1988]
B.
Annual leave shall preferably be taken in the year
earned, but, with the permission of the department head, may be accrued
for a period not to exceed two years' accumulation (24, 30 or 42 days).
[Amended 9-12-73]
C.
Annual leave shall only be taken after a request for
the same has been made on forms provided by the Selectmen's office
and the request has been approved by the employee's department head
and the Selectmen's office. If more than two days' annual leave is
requested, this must be done at least 15 days prior to the start of
the requested vacation period. If two or fewer days are requested,
the written request shall be in the Selectmen's office no later than
24 hours prior to the vacation day or days requested.
D.
The vacation schedule shall be drafted by the head
of each department on March 1 of each year, and in the case of the
Fire Company by May 30, and shall be submitted to the Selectmen's
office. It shall be drafted in such a manner that a minimum number
of employees shall be on leave during the same period. If more than
one employee in the same department requests annual leave during the
same period and the department head decides that only one can be spared
at that time, the request of the employee with the greater seniority
shall be granted.
E.
Pay in lieu of vacation shall not be granted except
in the following cases:
(1)
If a permanent employee leaves the employ of the Town
of New Canaan and he has vacation leave to his credit, he shall be
paid the salary equivalent to the accrued vacation, limited to two
years' accumulation.
[Amended 9-12-73]
(2)
If a permanent employee, while in the Town service,
dies and he has vacation leave to his credit, the salary equivalent
to the accrued vacation shall be payable to the following classes
in the following order of priority:
A.
All permanent and probationary employees shall be
entitled to accrue one and one-fourth (1 1/4) days of sick leave
for each month the employee is employed by the Town.
[Amended 6-20-78, effective 6-30-78]
B.
Earned sick leave may be accumulated to a maximum
of 130 days.
[Amended 9-13-1972; 6-20-1978, effective 6-30-1978; 11-9-1988]
C.
Sick leave shall not be considered a privilege which
an employee may use at his discretion but shall be allowed only in
case of necessity and actual sickness, injury or disability of the
employee or because of illness or death in his immediate family or
to meet dental appointments or to take physical examinations or other
sickness-preventative measures if permitted by the department head.
D.
To receive compensation while on sick leave, an employee
must notify his department head prior to or within one hour after
the time set for the beginning of his regular duties and shall immediately,
upon returning to his duties, notify the Selectmen's office of his
absence, upon forms provided for this purpose.
E.
Proof of illness may be required by a department head
or the Board of Selectmen and, in the event of an absence for more
than three days, a physician's certificate may be demanded as proof.
F.
Any employee who shall absent himself without leave
in any month shall forfeit the accrual of sick leave for that month.
G.
No refund of vacation time shall be allowed due to
illness incurred while on vacation leave unless sufficient proof of
such illness can be provided to the Selectmen's office.
H.
Temporary employees shall not be entitled to sick
leave.
I.
Payments made to any employee while on sick leave
as compensation insurance shall be deducted from the amount to be
paid that employee by the Town during each time that he is carried
on the Town payroll.
J.
In the event an employee entitled to sick leave benefits
or benefits under the Workmen's Compensation Act elects to waive his
rights under the Compensation Act and institutes legal action against
the Town, the sick leave benefits set forth herein shall not become
payable until final disposition of the legal action, and if the employee
obtains judgment against the Town, the total amount payable as sick
leave benefits shall be deducted from the judgment; provided, however,
that if the judgment is less than the sick leave benefits, an additional
amount shall be paid to the employee to make his total amount of judgment
and sick leave payment equal to the sick leave benefits he would have
received had he not instituted action.
K.
Sick leave shall be charged in amounts of 1/2 day
for an absence of two to four hours and a full day for over four hours.
Any permanent employee who is a member of the
National Guard or Naval Reserve or of the military or naval forces
of the United States and is required to undergo field training therein
shall be entitled to military leave for the period of such field training,
provided that the amount of compensation paid to such employee for
such leave shall be the difference between his compensation for military
activities and the amount due as an employee of the Town.
Employees while on jury duty shall be paid the
difference between their regular pay and the jury duty pay.
A.
With pay. Leave of absence may be granted by the appointing
authority to permit an employee to attend professional meetings or
conferences in the interest of the Town or for other justifiable reasons.
B.
Without pay. Leave without pay may be granted by the
appointing authority when requested by an employee when such leave
is deemed to be justified. Such leave may be granted when, due to
an extended illness, the accumulated sick leave and annual leave has
been used or for an extension of vacation time when circumstances
will permit or for other similar purposes.
A.
An absence of an employee from duty, including any
absence for a single day or part of a day, that is not authorized
by a specific grant of leave of absence under the provisions of these
rules shall be deemed absence without leave.
B.
Any such absence shall be without pay and may be subject
to disciplinary action. In the absence of such disciplinary action,
any employee who absents himself for three consecutive days without
leave shall be deemed to have resigned. Such action may be reconciled
by a subsequent grant of leave if the conditions warrant.
An employee requesting a leave for any reason
must fill out a request form and the requested leave must be approved
by the Selectmen's office as well as by the employee's department
head.
