1. Employees who are classified as full time employees are eligible for fringe benefits provided in this section of the By-law.
2. Employees classified as permanent part-time and working a regular schedule of 20 hours or more per week are eligible for fringe benefits provided in this section of the By-law on a pro-rata basis.

1. The recognized holidays under this By-law are:

   New Years Day	Labor Day
   Martin Luther King's Day	Columbus Day
   President's Day	Veterans Day
   Patriots Day	Thanksgiving Day
   Memorial Day	The day after Thanksgiving
   Independence Day	Christmas Day

2. All time worked within the Holiday schedule shall be classed as overtime. Employees not required to work to maintain essential Town services shall be excused without loss of pay. Pay for Holiday allowance shall be determined to be 1/5 of a regular weeks pay exclusive of overtime, except in those instances where that determination shall cause an employee to receive less or more than a regular weeks pay - exclusive of overtime.

3. Wage payment under provisions of this section of the By-law shall be made provided the employee has worked a regular scheduled work day preceding or following said holiday or is on a regular scheduled day off, or is absent on those stated day by reason of illness.

4. Observance of holidays in the holiday schedule shall be in accordance with locally designated days.

5. Whenever an employee whose regular scheduled day off falls on any of the holiday schedule days, an additional day off with regular pay shall be permitted. Part time employees will receive holiday pay only if scheduled for work on that day of the week and on a pro-rata basis. Changed 5/2003

6. Whenever an employee works on a scheduled holiday, compensation shall include holiday pay plus straight time pay for time worked, within the normal work schedule.

1. Schedule. Vacation leave shall be granted during the fiscal year in which eligibility occurs.
   1. An employee who has completed six(6) months of continuous service shall be granted five (5) days vacation leave with regular pay. An employee who has completed one (1) continuous year of service shall be granted ten (10) days vacation leave with regular pay.

   2. An employee who has completed five (5) continuous years of service shall be granted fifteen (15) days vacation leave with regular pay.

   3. An employee who has completed ten (10) continuous years of service shall be granted twenty (20) days vacation leave with regular pay.

   4. An employee who has completed fifteen (15) continuous years of service shall be granted twenty-five (25) days vacation leave with regular pay.

2. Employees are encouraged to schedule vacation leave in full week increments; however, a single day or several days may be granted as vacation leave with approval by the department supervisor.

3. Department supervisors are responsible to grant vacation leave to employees on a schedule basis that will cause the least interference with the performance of the regular work of the Town.

4. If a holiday occurs during an employee's vacation period, the holiday will be charged to holiday time and not as a vacation day.

5. Employees eligible for vacation leave who are terminated retire, or enter into the Armed Services, shall be paid for unused vacation leave balance at regular pay.

6. Upon the death of an employee eligible for vacation leave, payment at regular pay of unused vacation leave balance shall be made to the employees estate.

7. Accumulation of vacation leave is not permitted and employees who do not use their allotted vacation leave in one year will not be paid for any such loss.

8. Any department vacation leave schedule or plan which is in effect on or before acceptance of this plan and which is greater than that provided for in this section of the plan shall remain in effect for those employees involved for the duration of their employment in that department. No other employee assigned to or hired for that department shall be eligible for vacation leave other than that provided for in Section 12D a. of this plan.

1. No sick leave with pay shall be granted during the first three months of employment. After three months of service, a new employee shall be granted sick leave at a rate of one day per month, retroactive to the date employed.

2. Any employee with more than three months of service can extend his present sick accrual up to a maximum of one hundred sixty five (165) days, at the rate of one and one quarter days per month. Sick leave shall accumulate during vacation leave and during sick leave, exclusive of job related injuries or Illnesses.

3. If the amount of sick leave accrued under Section 12E.b. of this By-law has been, or is about to be exhausted, an employee may make application for additional to that provided under Section 12E.b. of this plan. Such application containing the approval of the employees Department Head shall be made to the Personnel Board which is authorized to grant such additional allowances as it may determine to be equitable after reviewing all circumstances including the department Head's recommendation, the employees attendance and job performance record and length of continuous service with the Town. Consideration shall also be given as to what portion of the additional leave shall be granted at full pay and what portion at partial pay. In no case shall the additional sick leave granted total more than thirty (30) days. Any unused portion of additional sick leave granted shall not be credited to the employees accumulated sick leave.

4. A Department Head may require an employee to submit a physicians certificate of illness after five (5) workdays of absence. Failure to submit this certificate shall result in cessation of payment.

5. The Department Head is required to accurately record each employees attendance; noting tardiness, vacation, holiday pay, illness and other absences. This shall be submitted to the Wage and Personnel Board on forms designated by them with a copy to be sent to the Executive Secretary.

6. The Department Head and/or the Wage and Personnel Board may require a physicians examination and statement of an employees fitness to return to work following an employee's absence due to injury or sickness. Such examination and statement to be at the expense of the Town.

7. Injury, illness, or disability self-imposed, or resulting from the use of drugs shall not be considered a proper claim for leave under this section.

8. Payments made under the provisions of this section shall be limited in the case of an employee who is receiving Workman's Compensation payments to the difference between the amount paid in Workman's Compensation and the employees regular rate. But in no case shall such sick leave increments extend beyond a period of six (6) months.

9. After one year of service, an employee may be granted three (3) days per year for illness in his immediate family, (as defined in Section 12G) chargeable to sick leave when authorized by employees Department Head.

10. Sick leave payment shall be granted at the employee's regular rate of pay unless otherwise specified as in Section 12E.c. Sick leave may be granted by the Department Head for a single day absence due to illness, injury, or regular medical, optical or dental treatment.

11. Nothing in this section shall be construed to conflict with Section 100 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws.

12. Upon termination of employment with the Town due to the employee's retirement or death, the employee, or in the event of death, the employees estate, shall be given one days pay for each three days of the unused portion of the employee's accumulated sick leave.

Paid emergency leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be allowed for making arrangements and/or attending the funeral of members of employee's immediate family and persons in the immediate household at the discretion of the Department Head or the governing authority.

An employee on military reserve duty thus absent from regular work duty shall be paid the difference between compensation received for reserve duty and regular compensation paid by the Town upon application and presentation of certification of reserve duty pay. Such payment shall be limited to a period of thirty four days in a twelve month period and shall not include payment for reserve duty caused by call to be mobilized during an emergency in the Commonwealth. (5/04)

1. Absence from regular work for personal reasons may be charged to vacation leave upon application by the employee and approval by the Department Head. Such absence may not be charged to vacation leave beyond what the employee is entitled to in the calendar year.
2. Section 11A Professionals and Section 11B Administrative and/or Full Time employees shall be granted three (3) days per year and all other Wage & Personnel positions shall be granted one (1) day for personal business for which he or she will be paid their normal rate with the prior approval of the employee's Department Head or Governing Board.

1. Work performed by an employee beyond the normal work schedule shall be compensated at the rate of one and one-half times the normal hourly pay rate.
2. Whenever any employee works overtime on a regular scheduled holiday, compensation shall include holiday pay, straight time pay, and time and one-half pay for overtime worked beyond the normal shift time.
3. Overtime provisions shall not apply to Town Department Heads under this By-law.

1. Every new employee hired by the Town shall be examined by a physician acceptable to the Town and certified as to his physical fitness to perform the duties of the position for which he has applied, and as to any physical conditions of the applicant that might adversely effect his job performance.
2. The cost of any physical examination required by this section shall be paid by the Town and shall be charged to the appropriations of the Department which doing the hiring or charged to such special appropriation made by the Town for the purpose of thus section.
3. It is the responsibility of the Department Head or one delegated the responsibility of interviewing and hiring job applicants to insure that applicants have successfully passed a physical examination prior to job acceptance.

All full time Town employees under this By-law called back and required to work beyond their normal work schedule or shift will be compensated at one-and-one-half times their normal rate of pay and will be guaranteed two hours minimum pay.