2.44.050 Part-time employees.
A. Regular employees of the city who, on a quarterly basis, work an average of less than 40 hours per week for weekly employees, or a proportionately adjusted number of hours for shift employees, shall be eligible for participation in the city’s benefit programs under the following terms and conditions:
1. Employees working 40 hours or more per week shall receive full benefits.
2. Employees working less than 20 hours per week shall not be eligible and may not participate in the city’s benefit program.
3. Employees working from 20 to less than 30 hours per week on a quarterly basis shall be eligible for participation in the benefit program by paying 50 percent of the cost of the benefit programs attributable to themselves and/or their families, with the city paying the remaining 50 percent of the benefit program costs.
4. Employees working from 30 to less than 40 hours per week on a quarterly basis shall be eligible for participation in the benefit program by paying 25 percent of the cost of the benefit program attributable to themselves and/or their families with the city paying the remaining 75 percent of the benefit program costs.
B. As used in this section, the following terms shall be given the definition shown:
1. “Benefit program” means health, vision, and dental and other benefit programs, including participation in the city’s deferred compensation program provided to regular full-time employees of the city.
2. “Program costs” means the cost which the city pays on behalf of its full-time employees.
3. “Full-time employee” means an employee working an average of 40 hours or more per week on a monthly basis; provided, however, that shift employees such as police officers who work a schedule calculated at greater than 40 hours per week shall have their eligibility determined on a proportionate basis by comparing the shift-worker’s weekly work schedule with 40 hours per week.
4. Eligibility. A part-time employee shall be eligible for participation in the program after completing one full calendar quarter (three months). A full-time employee shall be eligible for participation in the program on the first day of the month following the date of employment.
C. The benefits established pursuant to this program shall be interpreted and applied in accordance with the plan, requirements or insurance policy of a particular benefit program. For example, if the city has a program such as deferred compensation which the employee designates a portion of his or her salary, which results in no cost to the city, an employee may participate regardless of the number of hours, and the provisions of the program shall apply. In the event of conflict between this section and any individual employment contract or labor collective bargaining agreement, the provisions of the contract or the collective bargaining agreement shall control. (Ord. 773 §§ 1, 2, 3, 1997).