(A) Ordinary travel between home and the work site before or after regular working hours is not counted as hours worked. However, time spent traveling to respond for an urgent operational requirement called by department or division heads shall be counted as hours of work, excepting those occurrences when the call is made 30 minutes or less prior to the regular work period.
(B) Whenever an employee is directed by his or her department or division head to perform duties in another city, which do not require an overnight stay out-of-town, all time spent traveling between cities is counted as hours worked, excepting:
(1) The time required for travel between the employee’s home and the regular work site; and
(2) Meals and break times, unless the employee is required to perform city-related work during those times.
(C) Whenever an employee is directed by his or her department or division head to perform duties in another city, which require an overnight stay out-of-town, time spent traveling between cities shall be counted as hours worked only when the following condition is met: when travel occurs during hours of the day in which the employee normally works, even if it falls on a day that is normally a nonworking day for the employee. For the purpose of calculating hours worked, the time required for ordinary travel between the employee’s home and regular work site, and meals and break times, shall not be counted unless the employee is required to perform city-related work during those times.
(D) Whenever an employee is offered public transportation but requests permission to travel by automobile, hours of work shall be calculated on the mode of transportation requiring the least travel time.
(1980 Code, § 33.43) (Ord. 4653, passed 4-7-1986)