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Home My WebLink AboutORD 60-AAAN ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A PERSONNEL POLICY FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, .AND PROVIDING THAT THE CITY MANAGER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE POLICY IN DEALING WI`T'H ALL EMPLOYEES. V,THERLAS, the City Council is -of the opinion that a definite policy should be established for the employees of The City of Beau- mont with reference to vacation_ and sick leaves and fixing the time for retirement, and that the City Manager shall be governed by the pvosisions of said policy in dealing with the employees; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS: Section 1. Vacation Leave. All regular employees of the City shall be allowed vacation leave. Vacation leave credit shall accumulate as of January 1 of each year at the rate of one (1) work day for each calendar month of service. An employee who enters the service before the 16th or leaves after the 15th of the month shall earn a day of vacation for that month. Vacation leave accumulated as of January lst must be taken during the calendar year following that in which it was earned. No vacation leave can be taken until an employee has completed one (1) year of service with the City, and then only such leave as accumulated as of January lst. Holidays falling in the vacation period will not be counted as part of the vacation leave. Department heads will develop vacation schedules in conform- ance with the policy of scheduling vacations over as wide a period as possible in order to obviate the need for a temporary increase in personnel. t�L)?d, r p Employees who leave the employment of the City before complet- ing twelve (12) months' service shall not be entitled to any vacation pay. To be eligible for vacation pay for the previous year, employees must work at least one day of the new calendar year. Employees who have completed twelve (12) months' service with the City shall be paid for any earned but unused vacation upon termination of their set - vice with the City. Employees may not accumulate vacation leave of more than twelve (12) working days'. Section 2. Sick and Emergency Leave. Sick Leave. Sick leave with full pay is earned by employees upon the basis of one (1) full working day allowed for each full month employed in the calendar year, with an extra day added for each four (4) months, so as to total fifteen (15) working days to an em- ployee's credit for each twelve (12) months. Sick leave begins to accrue immediately upon employment, but may not be used until the em- ployee has accumulated one (1) year of service. Unused sick leave shall be accumulated to a maximum of ninety (90) work days. Sick leave may be granted only for absence from duty because of personal illness, legal quarantine or illness in the immediate family. Immediate family shall include father, mother, husband, wife, or child, father-in-law, mother-in-law; brother, or sister, or any relative living in the same household. Absenteeism because of illness of employee's immediate family must be verified by certificate issued by a private physician. City employees who are absent from work because of illness must be responsible for having their absenteeism reported to their department head by not later than 9:00 a.m. of the day of absence. Any City employee who fails to follow this regulation shall be penal- ized by having his sick leave charged to leave without pay:. The absenteeism because of illness of City employees will be spot checked -2- l h13-1 cS� from time to time by the Health Department. After an employee's accumulated sick leave has been exhausted, and when requested, accrued vacation leave may be used as sick leave. Then absence due to illness exceeds the amount of paid leave earned and authorized, the pay of the employee shall be discontinued until he returns to work. Employees who consistently use their sick leave as it is7 earned,or who fail to accumulate it, may be dismissed from the service. Employees who become ill during the period of their vacation may request that their vacation be temporarily terminated and their time charged to sick leave. Vacation days unused may then be taken later in the year at such time as may be designated by the employee's department head. The department head may require satisfactory proof of illness. Upon return to duty after a period of sick leave an employee shall sign a certificate of illness confirming the number of days he was absent with pay. An employee who terminates employment because of pregnancy shall not be entitled to sick leave extending beyond the date the em- ployee actually ceases work. An employee shall not be entitled to be paid for unused sick leave upon termination of employment with the City. Emergency Leave. All employees except part --time, seasonal and temporary employees may be granted emergency leave with pay for a period not to exceed three (3) days in case of death in thier imme- diate family, as defined above. This leave shall not be charged against sick leave or vacation leave. Part-time, seasonal and tempor- ary employees may be granted a leave of absence without pay in such cases. Section 3. Absence W thout Pay. A leave of absence without pay may be granted to an employee -3- by his department head upon proper application, ,if, in the opinion of the department head, the reason given justifies the absence or con- tinual absence. Continued absence that impedes the work program shall not be permitted. Extended absence without pay for a definite or indefinite period may be authorized by the City Manager when cir- cumstances warrant. Absence without authority may be grounds for disciplinary action. Absence without leave for three (3) consecutive days will be considered as a resignation without proper: notice, ex- cept under circumstances which may be approved by the City Manager. Section 4. Retirement on Pension. The following rules shall govern the retirement on pension of all employees: (a) Any employee, except members of the Fire Department, shall be eligible for.retirement who (1) shall have attained the age of sixty (60) years and shall have completed at least fifteen (15) years of credible service, or '(2) shall have completed twenty-eight (28) years of credible service. Any member of the Fire Department who has attained the age of fifty-five (55) years and who has served actively for a period of twenty (20) years, shall be entitled to be retired from such service or department. (b) Any permanent employee shall be retired from employment on the last day of the calendar year in which the age of sixty-five (65) is attained; provided, however, that in exceptional cases and for substantial cause, such retirement may be deferred by mutual con- sent of the member and upon his passing of an appropriate physical examination, and with the written justification of the department head concerned, and with the written approval of the City Manager, said deferment to be from year to year for a period of not to exceed one (1) year at any time, but in no case shall retirement be deferred after an employee reaches severity (70) years of age. w - b (c) All employees of The City of Beaumont shall be retired from service with the City on the last day of the calendar year in which the age of seventy (70) is attained. This provision is manda- tory and no exceptions shall be made. Section 5. The purpose of these rules and this policy is to acquaint all employees, either new or present employees, of the policy of the City with reference to matters involved herein. It is not the intention of these rules or this policy to give any employee a contract of em- ployment or any legal rights enforceable in any court at law or equity which he does not have otherwise. It shall be the duty of all department heads and employees to conform to and comply with and aid in all proper ways in carrying into effect the provisions of these rules and policy, and any modification thereof. The City Manager shall be governed by the provisions of these rules and this policy in dealing with all employees. Section 6. These rules and this policy shall be effective as of this date, with the exception of those relating to mandatory retirement. Such retirement provisions shall apply as of December 31 of this year, and all employees who have reached their seventieth birthday on or before December 311 19561 shall be retired, and all employees who have reached the age of sixty-five (65) on or before December 31, 1956, shall be retired unless deferred as herein provided. PASSED by the City Council this /2,d, -day of November, A. D. 1956. -5- - mayor -