10.04 - Personnel Policy Amendments

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Overtime The scheduling and payment of compensatory time or overtime will be in accordance with the applicable Fair Labor Standards Act. Overtime eligible employees will be compensated at the rate of one and one-half times their base hourly rate for hours worked over 40 in one work week and for most police employees for hours worked over 80 in a two work week period. • # w1 ', ' # "214:4401 90 4efl ed 01,440 i s 9 _ Employees required to work on the "observed" holiday will receive the "hours worked" at one and one-half times the regular base rate plus eight hours of holiday pay. The eight hours of holiday pay will count toward "hours worked" for the purpose of calculating overtime; however, any "hours worked" previously compensated at one and one-half times the regular base rate will not be eligible for further overtime compensation. Work units will be recorded in one-quarter (1/4) hour increments. Compensatory Time Employees may accumulate compensatory time for overtime hours worked, not to exceed eighty (80) hours. Compensatory time may be carried from year to year, but only to the accrued maximum as allowed in "Vacation— Accrual". Compensatory time, over the allowed accrued maximum to be carried over to the following year, shall be paid in cash if not used by December 31 of the year in which it is earned, unless an employee requests and receives City Council approval for the exception to this rule. In cases of termination, for any reason, accrued compensatory time shall be paid to the employee in cash. Rest or Break Periods Every employee, when working under conditions where a rest or break period is practicable, shall be granted a 15 minute rest or break period in each of the employees four (4) hour shifts. Each department head shall schedule rest or break periods so as not to interfere with work requirements. 11