(a) The standard work week for all full-time employees of the work force, except as otherwise provided herein, shall be forty hours.
(b) All employees shall observe the schedule established by the department head regarding their starting hours, daily work hours and lunch periods.
(Ord. 19-85. Passed 9-3-85.)
(c) Time cards shall be used by all hourly employees and salaried employees entitled to comp time during the normal 40 hour work week, except for City Police force. All reimbursable overtime worked by any employee except for City Police forces shall be recorded on a time card. In the case of an emergency with Fire, Utility and Street departments outside normal work week, a time sheet notation, signed by the superintendent shall be substituted.
(Ord. 7-09. Passed 3-3-09.)
(d) Employee's working hours shall be figured daily to the nearest quarter hour. An employee must work at least eleven minutes out of any quarter hour in order to be given credit for that quarter hour. If an employee is more than four minutes late out of the quarter hour, time will be computed according to the above.
(e) Any late arrival, early dismissal or other departure from regular work hours shall be acknowledge in writing on the time card and approved by the department head in order that the employee be paid for same.
(f) Any employee who punches in or out for fellow employees will be subject to immediate dismissal. If the action is taken with the knowledge and consent of the other employee, the employee whose card has been so punched will also be subject to immediate dismissal. Any other tampering with the time record or a time clock will also be subject to immediate dismissal.
(g) Employees must write on their cards, "sick" or "special absence" in order to be paid for those days and such cards shall be approved by the department head. This must be done even if a doctor's excuse is given. Unless otherwise marked, the normal lunch period will be deducted for every day worked. Employees must sign their names to the time cards at the end of each pay period certifying that all the information is correct.
(Ord. 19-85. Passed 9-3-85.)