(a) Except for police, fire and certain exempt employees, members of the work force shall be compensated at the rate of one and one-half times the employees' wage rate for hours worked in excess of the standard work week.
(b) The department head may approve, based upon emergency needs, overtime worked for any employee, subject to review and approval by the City Manager.
(Ord. 63-98. Passed 12-15-98.)
(c) Overtime hours shall be those in excess of the forty hour work week, excluding lunch breaks, vacation time and sick leave. Personal days, holidays, and overtime hours worked in the same week that the employee is on vacation, will be considered "hours worked" in computing overtime.
(Ord. 63-98. Passed 12-15-98.)
(d) If an employee who is eligible for overtime pay is called out because of an emergency during hours other than regularly scheduled hours, he shall be paid according to the overtime provisions of this section and shall be given credit for a minimum of two hours for any call out.
(e) Department Heads, and Assistant Department Heads, paid on a yearly salary are considered as exempt employees under the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Ohio Minimum Fair Wage Standard Act.
(f) Police excluding exempt employees, shall be compensated for hours worked in excess of 171 hours per 28-day period at a rate of one and one-half times the wage rate, per the provisions of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
(Ord. 52-92. Passed 11-17-92.)
(g) The Superintendent of the Utility Department, the Director of Public Utility Services, the Superintendent of Streets, the Clerk of Council and the Chief of Police shall receive one hour of compensatory time for each hour worked in excess of the standard workweek. All overtime worked by the Street and Utility Department Heads and Clerk of Council is subject to review and approval of the City Manager. All overtime worked by the Chief of Police is subject to review and approval by the Mayor. (Ord. 16-09. Passed 6-2-09; Ord. 21-12. Passed 10-2-12.)
(h) Compensatory time must be taken within six months of the time accrued or it will be forfeited. Prior approval of an exempt employee's immediate supervisor must be obtained before compensatory time can be taken. Maximum compensatory time an exempt employee can accumulate is 100 hours. (Ord. 58-98. Passed 12-1-98.)
(i) Cash payment for accrued compensatory time is not permitted for exempt personnel. Employees may not convert compensatory time to any other form of leave. All compensatory time balances will be forfeited upon termination of employment. No compensatory time accrued in any other employment will be transferable.
(j) Non-exempt personnel shall cash out compensatory time pursuant to United States Federal Law.
(Ord. 21-12. Passed 10-2-12.)