Applications on Behalf of an Individual Employee Sample Clauses

Applications on Behalf of an Individual Employee. A contribution on behalf of an individual employee that qualifies for a premium pay award may be for a single occurrence. The following criteria are applied to each instance. The contribution was: a. Within 1 year of the employee's last annual performance/pay review date; b. Developed on the employee's own initiative; and c. Beyond normal job expectations. The contribution resulted in: a. Measurable improvement to the City's image and/or services; and/or b. Better use of manpower, materials, machinery, methods, and/ or money. Examples of employees who received awards are: a. A park maintenance worker noted that a certain piece of playground equipment was hazardous when children bunched up. The child using the equipment would be run down by the next child in line. The employee constructed a turnstile in his garage at home, which was activated only after each child had completed the tour on the equipment; thus controlling the use of the equipment to one child at a time. He received a Level 1 award. b. The City's receptionist found that people who came to City Hall were having difficulty finding various offices even with careful directions, signs, and maps. Citizens were frequently irritated at having to be shuffled from one office to another. After careful research of voluntary organizations—including youth groups and service organizations—the employee approached a senior citizen group because of its maturity and the availability of its members. On her own time she conducted a training program for those who wished to serve as guides for visitors to City Hall. She developed a schedule with prescribed additional duties in much the same way as that found in hospitals. She received a Level 2 award. c. A Firefighter observed that the department's state-of-the-art training program provided extensive orientation for new Fire personnel to the City, but other new City employees did not benefit from a similar process. Although he was not the department's training officer, he gained permission to modify the training materials and audiovisual aids to have broader application to other departments. During his unassigned duty time and days off he produced a video of the community that ultimately was not only used for new employees but for service organizations as well. He received a Level 2 award. d. An accountant supervisor in the finance department learned that no tracking system existed for citizen complaints. Frequently, managers who had a need to know, citizens who in...