Agenda

ARTICLE 35 - PARTIAL INVALIDITY, SEPARABILITY, & COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS

Should the parties hereafter agree that applicable law renders invalid or unenforceable any of the provisions of
this Agreement, the parties shall attempt to agree upon a replacement for the affected provision. Such
replacement provisions shall become effective immediately upon ratification according to the respective
procedures and regulations of the parties and shall remain in effect for the duration of the Agreement.

ARTICLE 32 - DEPARTMENT SENIORITY

1. Department seniority is established by the full-time, continuous service date within the
Communications Division

2. If a conflict remains, the last names of the two parties shall be considered alphabetically and
placed accordingly. Such placement shall determine Department seniority. In these cases if an
individual's last name changes after the date of hire, the seniority date shall not be affected, but
shall remain as was originally established.

Department employee has the right to apply for the position. If after a recruitment no qualified applicant is
selected, a position vacancy will be re-posted.

Employees shall be covered by the provisions of the New Hampshire Worker's Compensation Act, as may be
amended from time to time, and by related City policies. The cost of this coverage shall be paid entirely by the
City.

Temporary Replacement: During the time an employee is disabled from performing the duties of his position
due to an on-duty injury, the Department reserves the right to temporarily fill the position as needed up to an 18-
month period from the date of the injury.

One break may be taken in the work periods before and one after the lunch break period as the
work schedule allows; however, at no time will a 15-minute break be directly added to the lunch
break period in order to increase the lunch break period.

All employees may be called back from a break due to emergencies.

The Services Bureau Commander or designee will allow an additional break to be taken if
conditions allow.

The availability of breaks will not change an employee's normal workday schedule.

ARTICLE 25A — LONGEVITY

For purposes of this article, the full-time, continuous cate of hire with the City of Nashua will be used for
computing length of service.

ARTICLE 24 - WORK SCHEDULES

Schedules/Assignments:
Daily and weekly work schedules and shift assignments shall be based on the operating requirements and

budgetary allotments of the Department and are subject to change at any time. The following work schedule is
currently in effect:

4 & 2 Schedule: Four-Days On, Two Days Off, with assigned day off groups. The 4 & 2 Schedule has
employees working 32- and 40-hour workweeks.

**Cite attached restructuring chart for all wage increase information.

Position CURRENT %lIncr FY2020 FY2021 % Incr FY2022 % Incr FY2023
SALARY

Wage Increases:

Only personnel currently employed by the Department shall be entitled to any retroactive payments due under the terms of this Article.

Year 1 FY2020 2% increase with some employees receiving a 2.5% increase with retroactive pay. Cite attached Restructuring pay-
scale chart for details.

Year 2 FY2021 Restructuring pay-scale

Year 3 FY202 1% increase with some employees receiving a 2.25% increase. Cite attached Restructuring pay-scale chart for
details.

wage not to exceed $3000 over the probationary salary based on the actual or pertinent
experience and/or training. Management may start a new employee who possesses a significant
amount of actual or pertinent experience and/or training at a wage not to exceed $6000 with prior
approval of the Communications Union.

Employees who have been previously employed within the Communications Division of the
Nashua Police Department and are rehired into Communications, can be placed at the same