SELF IMPROVEMENT INCENTIVES BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY. The City and Association recognize the importance and desirability of creating self-improvement incentives to motivate employees to upgrade their skills and develop their careers throughout the department, resulting in mutual benefits to the employee and City. It is agreed by the parties that these objectives can best be met through special training and continuing higher education. To this end, Professional Certificate, Educational, and Tuition Reimbursement incentives are established. Employees are eligible to receive Professional Certificate Incentive pay and either Educational Incentive or Tuition Reimbursement pay. The employee shall select either Educational Incentive or Tuition Reimbursement Incentive but shall not be eligible to receive both at the same time.
SELF IMPROVEMENT INCENTIVES BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY. The City and Association recognize the importance and desirability of creating self-improvement incentives to motivate employees to upgrade their skills and develop their careers, resulting in mutual benefits to the employee and City. It is agreed by the parties that these objectives can best be met through special training and continuing higher education. To this end, Educational and Tuition Reimbursement incentives are established. Employees are eligible to receive either the Educational Incentive or Tuition Reimbursement pay as provided in this article but shall not be eligible to receive both at the same time. Employees will have the opportunity to select between these two choices as their educational goals are being achieved. Employees will not be able to change between these choices for a twelve (12) month period. An employee who selects to use Tuition Reimbursement will be unable to change to the Educational Incentive until a twelve (12) month period has elapsed. The twelve (12) month period for Tuition Reimbursement starts the first day an employee attends school after requesting the incentive. Tuition Reimbursement
SELF IMPROVEMENT INCENTIVES BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY. The City and Association recognize the importance and desirability of creating self-improvement incentives to motivate employees to upgrade their skills and develop their careers throughout the department, resulting in mutual benefits to the employee and City. It is agreed by the parties that these objectives can best be met through special training and continuing higher education. To this end, Professional Certificate, Educational, and Tuition Reimbursement incentives are established. Employees are eligible to receive Professional Certificate Incentive pay and either Educational Incentive or Tuition Reimbursement pay as provided in this article. The employee shall select either Educational Incentive or Tuition Reimbursement Incentive but shall not be eligible to receive both at the same time. The purpose of this article is to afford the employee the opportunity to choose between receiving tuition reimbursement pay or the educational incentive pay. Employees will have the opportunity to select between these two choices as their educational goals are being achieved. Employees will not be able to change between these choices for a twelve (12) month period. An employee who selects to use tuition reimbursement will be unable to change to the educational incentive until a twelve (12) month period has elapsed. The twelve (12) month period for tuition reimbursement starts the first day an employee attends school after requesting it. In all cases the Professional Certificate Pay will continue.
