Section III
E. Benefits (Adopted 12-08-08)
1. The library will offer its staff the same health insurance benefits that the Town of
Tamworth offers its town employees.
2. Vacations:
• Permanent employees of the Library will be eligible for paid vacation per year as follows:
a. Library Director: two weeks
b. Assistant Librarian: one week
c. Children’s Librarian: one week
• During the first year of employment, these employees will be eligible for a pro-rated portion of the vacation time based on each full month worked: e.g., an assistant librarian who begins employment in mid-May will be entitled to one-half week of vacation in the first year of employment.
• Vacation will be earned at the rate of 1/12 of the total annual allotment for each month during the year in which it is issued.
• Employees may take the vacation time for which they are eligible at any time during the year with prior approval from either the board of trustees, in the case of the library director, or from the library director, in the case of the assistant librarian or children’s programmer.
• If the employee leaves the employment of the library prior to the end of the calendar year, he/she shall be entitled to receive the amount of vacation pay that has been earned but not taken as of the date of separation. The dollar value of vacation time that has been taken but not earned shall be deducted from the final paycheck.
• Employees will be paid for vacation at the rate of pay and scheduled hours in effect at the time the vacation is taken, and dollar value of unused or unearned vacation at time of separation will be calculated on the same basis.
• Employees are expected to take the full amount of their vacation time in the year in which it is allotted. However, if this is not possible for any reason, the employee may carry some or all of the vacation time into the following year with approval from the board of trustees, in the case of the library director, or with the approval of the library director, in the case of the assistant librarian or children’s librarian.
3. Paid Holidays:
• The following holidays are observed by the library: New Years Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans’ Day, Thanksgiving, December 25th, 4 p.m. closing on Thanksgiving Eve, December 24th and December 31st.
• Any permanent employees scheduled to work on any one of the above holidays is entitled to be paid for their normal shift.
