Jackson Township (Ocean)

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24 Yes For any employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement, has your municipality eliminated all longevity awards, bonuses or payments for employees hired on or after a specified date, and refrained from increasing any longevity awards, bonuses or payments for employees hired before a specified date? The answer to this question can be "N/A" if such provisions were imposed by an arbitrator in binding arbitration but the municipality is seeking to eliminate such a contractual obligation through collective bargaining. If answering "N/A", the municipality must identify under "Comments" each such provision imposed by an arbitrator, along with the status of the collective bargaining negotiations to eliminate each such provision.

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25 Yes Employee personnel manuals or handbooks serve as a valuable tool to convey a municipality's policies, procedures and benefits. Many insurance carriers encourage the adoption of such a document and offer discounted rates for their use. These publications should review employees' rights and obligations in areas ranging from discrimination, safety, violence, and harassment to vacation and sick days, holidays, use of township vehicles, smoking and political activity, among others. Has your municipality adopted or updated an employee personnel manual/handbook by resolution or ordinance within the last five years? If yes, please provide in the Comments section the date of the meeting at which the personnel manual was adopted or updated. The last meeting that there was an update to the manual was September 26th, 2017