§ 58-7. Personnel systems.

Personnel systems shall be established by promulgation of policies pursuant to § 58-8 of this Article. The personnel systems shall make use of current concepts of personnel management and shall include but not be limited to the following elements:

A. 

Method of administration. A system of administration which assigns specific responsibility for all elements of the personnel systems, including maintaining personnel records, implementing effective recruitment and selection processes, maintaining the classification and compensation plans, monitoring the application of personnel policies and periodic reviews and evaluating the personnel system.

B. 

Classification plan. A position classification plan for all employees subject to this Article, based on similarity of duties performed and responsibilities assumed. Thus, the same qualifications may be reasonably required for, and the same schedule of pay may be equitably applied to, all positions in the same class. No employee may be appointed to a position not included in the classification plan. No new position shall be created nor existing position reclassified to a different grade/pay level without proper Town Meeting approval.

C. 

Compensation plan. A compensation plan for all positions subject to this Article consisting of:

(1) 

A schedule of pay grades including minimum, maximum and intermediate rates for each grade; and

(2) 

An official list indicating the assignment of each position to specific pay grades.

D. 

Recruitment and selection policy. A recruitment, employment, promotion and transfer policy which ensures that reasonable effort is made to attract qualified persons and that selection criteria are job related.

E. 

Personnel records. A centralized recordkeeping system which maintains essential personnel records.

F. 

Personnel policies. A series of personnel policies which establishes the rights and benefits to which personnel employed by the Town are entitled and the obligations of said employees to the Town.

G. 

Other elements. Other elements of a personnel system as deemed appropriate or required by law.

Editor's Note: Current personnel policies established pursuant to this authorization are on file in the office of the Town Clerk.