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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/10/09 Personnel Text Amendment Art VI Sec 30Harnett County Personnel Ordinance Harnett co.ox,ry 7,10 -0y ARTICLE I. ORGANIZATION OF THE PERSONNEL SYSTEM Section 3. Definitions (listed alphabetically) Employee. A. Regular. A person appointed to serve in a position with 1,000 or more annual hours to perform duties and responsibilities required on a continuous and probable annually recurring basis, and who has satisfactorily completed a probationary period. Employee is entitled to appeal rights afforded to them under this policy and all employment benefits commensurate with the number of hours worked. B. Probationary Employee. A person appointed to serve in a regular position who has not completed the probationary period. Probationary employees do not have appeal rights. C. Limited Service. A person appointed to serve in a funded position requiring either less than twelve months or less than 1,000 hours per year. Employees do not have appeal rights and do not receive County benefits. These employees may be terminated at any time based on County needs. Examples include seasonal, relief, fill -in, or specific project positions, or program assistance of less than 20 hours a week or 1,000 hours per year. (Exceptions for retired employees: If retired employees sign a statement that they are not available for or seeking permanent employment, they may have Limited Service appointments for more than 12 months.) D. Intermittent. A person appointed to serve in a position requiring irregular or recurring, hourly employment that is less than full time. Intermittent employees are used to provide a trained work force available on an "on- call" basis to supplement a department's full -time staff in handling peak workloads. Employees do not have appeal rights and do not receive County benefits and may be terminated at any time based on County needs. Employees are paid by the hour and there is no absolute guarantee of a total number of hours of work to be made available. The amount of work an individual intermittent employee may receive is contingent on availability of work and funds, the employee's skills or knowledge of the particular assignment, and the employee's availability for work. Employment Categories. A. Full -Time. An employee who is in a position designated as full -time by the Board of Commissioners for which an average work week equals at least 40 hours and continuous employment of at least 12 months is required. Employees receive full - time benefits and are eligible for the appeal process. B. Part-Time. An employee who is in a position for which an average work week is at least 20 hours but less than 40 hours and continuous employment of at least 12 months is required. Employees receive pro -rated benefits and are eligible for the appeal process. C. Limited Service. An employee who is in a position for which either the average work week is less than 20 hours or employment duration is expected to be less than 12 months. The employee is ineligible for benefits or appeal rights. D. Intermittent. An employee who is in a position to serve on an on -call or as needed basis but is expected to be less than full -time. Employees are paid by the hour and there is no absolute guarantee of a total number of hours of work to be made available. Amended Date Agenda Item '� T Gina Daniel `J From: Trinity Faucett Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 1:08 PM To: Kay Blanchard; Gina Daniel Subject: agendaform2009 volunteer- parent leave I will need to discuss with Scott but thought I would go ahead and get on agenda request list. Thanks. Board Meeting Agenda Item TO: HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS SUBJECT: Personnel Ordinance Update REQUESTED BY: Trinity Faucett, Human Resources Director MEETING DATE: Approved by the Hamett County Board of Commissioners -0 REQUEST: Amend Personnel Ordinance Article VI. Leave of Absence Section 30. Volunteer Leave include the following paragraph. Section 30. Volunteer Leave/Parent Involvement Leave In compliance with NC General Statute 95 -28.3. Leave for Parent Involvement in Schools, an employee who is a parent, guardian, or person in standing in loco parentis of a school -aged child will be allowed to use four hours administrative leave to attend or otherwise be involved at that child's school. Volunteer Leave/Parent Involvement Leave shall be mutually agreed upon by supervisor and the employee. The supervisor may require the employee to provide request 48 hours before the desired leave. The employee may be required to provide documentation of use of voluner or parent involvement leave.