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Revision to Personnel Policy Manual
6.5 Employee Retention
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WHEREAS, it is the practice of the DuPage County Board to provide employees with written policy and benefit information in the form of the DuPage County Board Personnel Policy Manual; and
WHEREAS, it is the responsibility of the Human Resources Department to maintain and distribute these policies; and
WHEREAS, DuPage County ("County") established a Retention Incentive Program pursuant to Resolution FI-1090-98, which was approved and adopted on November 10, 1998, effective January 4, 1999; and
WHEREAS, revisions to the Retention Incentive Program were made pursuant to Resolution FI-0002-99 which was adopted and approved on December 8, 1999; and
WHEREAS, the Retention Incentive Program is contained within the DuPage County Board Personnel Policy Manual, specifically, Personnel Policy 6.5 Employee Retention; and
WHEREAS, the Employee Retention Policy applies to eligible County employees, and eligible employees of County elected officials who adopted the policy provisions, who began their employment with the County or County elected officials, on or before November 30, 2002; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the current Employee Retention Policy, only at the time of voluntary separation or layoff, or six months prior to the separation date if a signed formal notice of separation is submitted, eligible employees could be paid certain retention benefits; and
WHEREAS, the County Board finds it prudent to allow the payment of retention benefits to eligible employees at any time after the employee becomes eligible, with such payout of retention pay being on a one-time basis, per employee. Said employee may elect to receive this payment in two partial payments separated by no more than six (6) months. If an employee...
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