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Vacation

  • Vacation period is from the first day in January through the last day in December.
  • In the absence of collective bargaining contracts for any group, all full-time employees, and those hired after April 1, who have been in the service of the municipality for a period of six (6) months or one hundred eighty (180) days will be granted one (1) week of vacation with pay. After twelve (12) consecutive months of employment with the City, every full-time employee is entitled to two (2) calendar weeks of vacation leave with pay in each vacation year, effective on the anniversary date of employment. Any employee who has completed five (5) years but less than ten (10) years of employment with the City will be granted three (3) calendar weeks vacation leave with pay in each vacation year. Any employee who has completed ten (10) years of employment will be granted four (4) weeks of vacation leave with pay in each vacation year.
  • Commencing with the 21st year of employment, each employee is entitled to one (1) additional day each year until the twenty-fifth (25th) year of employment, at which time the employee becomes eligible for a total of five (5) vacation weeks.

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Sick Leave

  • All full-time and permanent part-time employees are credited with sick leave with pay not to exceed fifteen (15) working days for each year of service, at the rate of one and one-quarter (1 1/4) day per month, provided that said leave is caused by sickness or injury which incapacitates the employee in the performance of his or her duties.

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Personal

  • All employees are entitled to four (4) personal days with pay in each calendar year for personal reasons. An employee must complete the six (6) months probationary period prior to becoming eligible to use these four (4) Personal Days - One of the four to be used the day after Thanksgiving. During the first six months of employment, a Personal Day may be granted on an emergency basis by the Department Head.
  • Personal Days can be used upon proper notification during the calendar year, but may not be carried forward under any circumstances.

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Bereavement

  • In the event of death in the immediate family, an employee will be granted a maximum of five (5) days with pay (not to exceed one (1) tour of duty where applicable) for spouse, parent, child, or grandchild; three (3) days for brother, sister, foster parent, grandparent, spouse's parent; and one (1) day for aunt, uncle, brother-in-law, sister-in-law.

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Jury Duty/Court Appearances

  • Employees absent due to court appearances but released by the court by or before 10:00 am are required to report back to work. Upon return from jury duty, employees must submit a copy of their notice to appear and their court pay voucher to the department head for computation into their week's pay.
  • Employees will be compensated the difference between their regular week's pay and the amount of the court pay voucher as applicable by law. This compensation does not take into consideration travel and other allowances paid by the court.
  • Employees subpoenaed to appear in court on city related business are compensated at their regular week's pay.

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Office of the Mayor
City of Haverhill, Massachusetts
City Hall, Room 100, 4 Summer Street, Haverhill, MA 01830
mayor@cityofhaverhill.com
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