All Staff. With respect to external new hires who are hired after June 25, 2007, there shall be no paid lunch break for day and evening shifts.
All Staff. 13.1.1 An Employee shall be allowed a rest period of ten minutes within each four hours of duty without deduction from pay.
13.1.2 After three and a half hours and before five and a half hours an Employee shall be allowed a one half hour unpaid meal break, the timing to be in agreement with their supervisor. These meal breaks will be managed so as to ensure continuity of cover in each department. The Employer shall provide a light meal.
13.1.3 Where a manager deems that the workload is such that a meal break cannot be taken, a 30 minute unrelieved meal break at - T 0.5 will be paid. A light meal will be provided for the employee to eat as and when it can be taken.
All Staff. If the Director of Personnel receives written notification of the retirement at least six (6) months in advance of the retirement date the employee will receive payment within two (2) months of the date of retirement. If less than six (6) months advance notice is provided, the payment will be made within fourteen (14) months of the date of retirement.
All Staff. The Board will provide reimbursement up to a total of four hundred dollars ($400.00) to each employee for optical services from 7/1/06 through 6/30/10. Employees hired subsequent to 7/1/07 shall be entitled to a total reimbursement not to exceed $300.00
All Staff. 1. No member shall be formally disciplined or formally reprimanded, reduced in rank or compensation without just cause. Any such action asserted by the Board, or any agent or representative thereof, shall be subject to the grievance procedure herein set forth. Withholding of increments or other similar statutory penalty shall not be subject to the grievance procedure if precluded by law.
a. No staff member shall be reprimanded in front of peers or students.
2. Whenever any member is required to appear before the Board or any committee or member thereof concerning any matter which could adversely affect the continuation of that member in his/her office, position or employment, or the salary or any increments pertaining thereto, then he/she shall be given prior written notice of the reason(s) for such meeting or interview and shall be entitled to have no more than three (3) representatives of his/her choosing present to advise him/her and represent him/her during such meeting or interview.
All Staff. All staff is personally responsible for information security. The roles and responsibilities of staff is defined in local policies and procedures and incorporated into the staff orientation process. All staff has the following responsibility: • Compliance with the State of Delaware Information Security policies, procedures and standards established to maintain the confidentiality, integrity and availability of State information and data assets. • Actions associated with assigned accounts, equipment, and removable media. • Protecting the secrecy of their passwords. • Participating in risk assessment processes as requested by management. • Reporting known or suspected security incidents. • Participate in annual information security awareness training. • Users must report any weaknesses in State computer security, and any incidents of possible misuse or violation of this policy to their manager, ISO, IRM, or DTI management. Any weaknesses that are a threat to State infrastructure are promptly reported to DTI. • Users must not attempt to access any data or programs contained on State systems for which they do not have authorization or explicit consent.
All Staff a. The exception to the above is when a maintenance/custodial/grounds employee is called in to work within four (4) hours before and worked through to the assigned shift. Such a maintenance/custodial/grounds employee is to be paid for the time worked at one and one-half (1½) times the regular rate.
1. Each support staff member employee, whose scheduled work week consists of thirty- six and one-quarter (36¼) hours or more, will have two (2) break periods per day of fifteen (15) minutes each, one to be taken in the first half of the workday and the other in the second half. The time for taking said breaks will be scheduled by the support staff member’s respective supervisor. The supervisor will endeavor to consider the support staff member’s preferences in scheduling breaks.
2. The Board will retain the sole jurisdiction and authority over matters of policy and will retain the right in accordance with applicable laws and regulations to create new shift times and/or days as may be required to meet the needs of the District. Forty-eight hours’ notice will be given for shift changes.
3. All staff who have a lunch period scheduled will have an uninterrupted 30-minute duty- free lunch period. However, the Association recognizes that some issues of an emergency nature may need to be addressed during the lunch period.
4. Every effort will be made to provide teachers with a daily preparation period during which the teachers will not be assigned to any other regular duties or responsibilities. This will not be construed to require the employment of additional staff.
