Personnel Board approves bylaw amendments, removes obsolete benefits section
Harvard Personnel Board unanimously approved amendments to Chapter 78 of the town Personnel bylaw. The board voted 5-0 to remove section 78-7 Employee Benefits in its entirety, as that content had previously been incorporated into the Personnel Policies and Procedures. The amendments also included
Personnel Board · Meeting of August 25, 2026
Harvard Personnel Board unanimously approved amendments to Chapter 78 of the town Personnel bylaw. The board voted 5-0 to remove section 78-7 Employee Benefits in its entirety, as that content had previously been incorporated into the Personnel Policies and Procedures. The amendments also included a correction to section 78-6C changing the pronoun "he" to "the employee." Employee Representative Liz Allard explained the narrowed scope excluded contentious 2023 proposals that would have reassigned personnel policy authority from the Select Board to the Town Administrator, amendments that had failed at Town Meeting.
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Source: the Personnel Board meeting of August 25, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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