§ 2-48. Adoption of program of salary administration; transfer of portions of previous system; responsibilities of County officials and department heads.

(a)

The program of salary administration designated as "Appendix A" and incorporated by reference herein as if set out word for word is hereby adopted. Amendments to the salary administration program may be made by simple motion and approved by a majority of the whole number of the Justices comprised in the Quorum Court.

(b)

Ordinance No. 78-30, which created a comprehensive job classification and wage system is hereby repealed except as hereinafter provided.

(c)

That portion of Ordinance No. 78-30, which dealt with the hire date and anniversary date is hereby transferred to and made a part of the personnel policy as per Ordinance No. 78-28. This portion which appears at page 3-3 of the job classification and wage scale system, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Hire date. An employee's hire date shall be the date of employment with the County.

Vacation and sick leave accrual are based on the hire date.

An employee who terminates employment with the County and is rehired by the County after a break in service no more than thirty (30) days will receive a new hire date.

An employee who is reinstated after a break in service of thirty (30) days or less would retain his/her original hire date.

A part-time employee going to full-time will receive a new hire date.

Anniversary date. An employee's anniversary date shall be the date on which he/she was hired.

(d)

The Human Resource Office shall immediately, upon the adoption hereof, disseminate to each County official and/or department head a copy of said plan and further, each County official and/or department head is responsible for informing all of their employees of said plan and making the same available to any employee at all times.

(Ord. No. 86-5, Arts. 1—4, 3-13-86; Ord. No. 2016-65, Art. 1, 9-15-16)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 86-5, Arts. 1—4, adopted March 13, 1986, repealed Ord. No. 78-30, §§ 1—4, adopted Sept. 29, 1978, in part, from which former § 2-48 was derived. Said former section adopted the comprehensive job classification and wage scale system, portions of which have been transferred to Ord. No. 78-28 (§ 2-47) as herein provided.