Agenda

C. No decision under this grievance procedure by a bargaining unit
member acting as a hearing officer because of his or her position as Division
Supervisor shall be binding on the City.

Article 20 - PAID HOLIDAYS

A. | Employees on or off duty who qualify shall be paid one-fourth (1/4)
of the qualified employee’s weekly pay. The paid holidays are as follows:

New Year's Day Martin Luther King Day

Presidents Day The fourth Monday in April

Memorial Day Flag Day

Independence Day Labor Day

the Chief, the Union may file a written request with the Chief, receipt required, to
have the grievance considered by the Fire Commission. Once the request is filed,
authorized Union personnel and members of the Commission may communicate
with each other about the grievance both outside of and at the regularly scheduled
Commission meeting. All requests received no later than 5:00 PM on the
Wednesday next preceding a regularly scheduled meeting of the Commission,
together with a copy of the grievance, a copy of any written evidence submitted by

Y. In order to be eligible to be promoted to any rank or position,
employees must take a test for that position regardless of the number of employees
competing for the position.

Z. Once a test has been posted, the promotional process that was in effect
on the date of the posting shall be the process that is used until the subsequent
promotional list expires or the eligible candidates on that list are exhausted.

a. The Department will give good faith consideration pursuant to
previous arbitration decisions to the candidates presented pursuant to Paragraphs C
through J above. If all of the candidates presented are shown not to be qualified for
promotion, then the examinations may be given by the Fire Commissioners to
persons inside or outside the Department. Absolute preference under this paragraph
shall be given to those in the ranks in accordance with this Article 18 unless those
from the ranks are shown not to be qualified.

specialist passes the test, or no third ranking specialist chooses to test, then all
members of Nashua Fire Rescue who have completed one (1) year of service will
be eligible to take the exam.__However, for vacancies in the Fire Marshal Division,
as of January 1, 2021, to be eligible to take the exam, members must have their
Fire Inspector I and Fire Investigator certifications. Eligibility will be determined
as of the date the vacancy occurs. If no Third Ranking Specialist passes the exam

Q.3.a. If the Board of Fire Commissioners does not fund the Lieutenant
positions set forth in paragraph Q.3. above, the Board of Fire Commissioners may
create and fund an “Assistant Superintendent” Position to be known as the
“Training/Safety Lieutenant”, to be assigned to the “Training/Safety Division”.
This Training/Safety Lieutenant shall work four (4) ten-hour days.

(0.3.a. above is from the sidebar agreement of 10/1/12)

those who have completed five (5) consecutive years with the Department unless
they are shown not to be qualified.

candidate ranked first on the appropriate promotional list the first vacancy and so
on until the list is exhausted or expires. The Fire Commissioners may skip over
candidates on the promotional lists for suspensions imposed within three (3) years
of the promotional opportunities. The Fire Commissioners may skip over
candidates on the promotional lists for written warnings imposed within six (6)
months of promotional opportunities, except that candidates for Deputy Chief

points and so on to one (1) point for their lowest ranked candidate. For
Captain candidates, panel members shall give their highest ranked candidate
six (6) points and so on to one (1) point for their lowest ranked candidate.
For Deputy candidates, panel members shall give their highest ranked
candidate three (3) points and so on to one (1) point for their lowest ranked
candidate.

2. All tests will be based upon relevant sources not to exceed
1,400 pages of material. Starting January 1, 2021, all tests for the Fire
Marshal Division will be based upon relevant sources not to exceed 1,000

pages of material.