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Town staff to bring rewritten HR policy manual to council June 26 after annual review and procedural updates
Summary
Town human resources staff summarized substantial amendments to the HR policy manual, including a glossary, temporary directive process for the town manager, leave and overtime clarifications tied to new HR/payroll software and consolidation of appeal procedures; council will receive a clean consolidated version on June 26.
Town human resources staff presented a summary June 5 of proposed amendments to the town's human resources policy manual, saying the manual was substantially rewritten to align with a new HR and payroll software rollout and to clarify authorities and processes.
An unnamed HR director told the council the revisions add a glossary, clarify that the town manager may issue time-limited temporary directives that supersede policy in emergencies (with subsequent council review), standardize overtime as paid on hours physically worked and align holiday and leave calculations with the town's five-eight schedule and the fiscal year. The director said sworn officers retain a 10-hour holiday pay rule while other full-time employees will receive eight hours for holidays.
The draft also changes tuition reimbursement repayment to a prorated recovery when an employee leaves and eliminates an "informal HR action review" policy; disciplinary appeals will be consolidated into a formal appeal process for punitive actions while a separate grievance policy remains, the presentation said. The director said the consolidated clean version of the manual will be returned to council on June 26 for formal consideration.
No formal action was taken at the study session; staff will return the consolidated, clean-policy document to council on the stated date for review and adoption consideration.
