Except as expressly provided in § 2.51.030 of this chapter and subject to the provisions of this chapter, and in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), each department head is authorized to approve overtime work by an employee of his or her department.
(A) Except as otherwise provided in § 2.51.020, compensation for overtime shall be by way of mone-tary compensation and shall be paid at the rate of one and one-half times the amount of time worked by an employee which is in excess of such employee's standard period of work or tour of duty, if lesser, as defined in § 2.50.010 of this code.
(B) Monetary compensation for overtime for fire safety personnel assigned to a 3 platoon, 24-hour shift schedule shall be paid as set forth in § 2.51.030 of this chapter.
(C) Monetary compensation for overtime for all employees shall be calculated at the respective employee's regular rate of pay. As used herein, “regular rate of pay” shall mean the same as that term is defined in the fair Labor Standards Act.
(D) Any permanent employee required to work overtime other than immediately before the beginning, during or immediately after the end of his regular work period shall be paid for the actual time worked, but in no event shall such employee be paid less than a minimum of two hours of overtime, irrespective of the period of overtime actually worked.
(E) At the end of each pay period, each depart-ment head who has approved any overtime work during the pay period shall submit a written report thereof to the Director of Finance, who shall, in turn, submit a written report thereof to the City Manager.
(F) Except for police safety uniformed and plainclothes police officers, no monetary compensation or compensatory time off for overtime, or any other compensation in addition to the employee's basic pay for overtime, shall be given to any city employee for or on account of any of his meal periods, whether during any workday of his work week or otherwise. In the case of uniformed and plainclothes police officers, monetary compensation or compensatory time off in addition to any such employee's basic pay shall not be given for meal periods or briefing time to the extent such activities fall within the normal work week specified in § 2.51.010(d) of this code, but shall be treated as overtime to the extent such activities exceed the normal work week specified in § 2.51.010(d).
(Ord. 4007, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 4049, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 4326, passed 7-28-97; Am. Ord. 4327, passed 8-11-97)