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Consider an ordinance amending Personnel Policies and Procedures Section 17-1-6-161, Division 17-1-6, Article 17-1, Chapter 17, Lawton City Code, 2015, by automatically paying regular full-time general employees and regular part-time general employees, who have completed five (5) years of service, all unused vacation hours above two hundred-eighty (280) for regular full-time general employees and one hundred-forty (140) for regular part-time employees at a reduced rate of seventy-five percent (75%) of the employees regular hourly rate of pay; establishing month of payment to be in January; providing for severability and establishing an effective date.
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INITIATOR: Craig Akard, Human Resources Director
STAFF INFORMATION SOURCE: Craig Akard, Human Resources Director
BACKGROUND: The proposed ordinance amends the month that vacation cash out will be paid. The proposal will automatically pay qualifying employees, regular full time and regular part time, that have completed five (5) years of service, as of the beginning of the first full pay period in January, for all unused vacation hours over two hundred-eighty (280) for regular full time employees and one hundred-forty (140) for regular part time employees, at a reduced rate of seventy-five percent (75%). By reducing the number of years from ten (10) to five (5) when an employee can cash out vacation leave without losing the leave and the employee will not need to worry about notifying payroll, this will enhance the morale of those employees. With the ability to cash out vacation, this may keep employees from just burning up vacation hours they may lose and therefore work more. By having employees that have a higher morale and have a better attitude at work, this shows citizens that our employee's care and that we are working for them. Employees may be more eager to listen to the citizens and interact with them on a more positive note, leading to world class customer service. The propo...
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