(a) Nonexempt Employees.
(1) Approved overtime shall be paid to all City employees who are not exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended.
(2) Employees shall be paid at a rate of one and one-half times the employee’s regular wage rate for hours worked in excess of forty hours in one workweek, in the manner and methods provided in the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended.
(3) Approved overtime shall be paid to an employee in the following manner:
Minutes Worked | Minutes Paid |
5-15 | 15 |
16-30 | 30 |
31-45 | 45 |
46-60 | 60 |
(4) If any employee is entitled to overtime works on a holiday, he shall be entitled to payment for the holiday plus one and one-half times his base pay for actual time worked on that holiday.
(5) Overtime and compensatory time entitlements shall be approved by the appointing authority and shall be properly recorded as to when it was earned and when it was used on a biweekly basis when the payroll is submitted. The records on file in the Auditor’s office shall be final.
(6) Employees may waive the right to overtime pay and receive in lieu thereof compensatory time off. Employees shall be entitled to one and one-half compensatory hours for each hour actually worked in excess of forty hours in one week.
(7) Employees may not accrue more than 120 hours of unused compensatory time for overtime hours worked.
(8) Employees may use accrued compensatory time with the approval of the department head taking into account the scheduling needs of the department. Compensatory time hours used will count as hours worked during the applicable work period for purposes of determining overtime.
(9) Upon termination of employment, employees with unused compensatory time shall be paid at their final regular rate for a maximum of 120 hours. Any accrued but unused hours in excess of 120 hours are forfeited upon termination of employment.
(Ord. 43-89. Passed 3-13-89; Ord. 252-94. Passed 10-17-94; Ord. 39-99. Passed 3-8-99; Ord. 70-03. Passed 4-28-03; Ord. 170-2004. Passed 9-13- 04.)
(b) Exempt and Non-Covered Employees.
(1) Professional, administrative, executive and other employees who are exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, shall be entitled to compensatory time in increments of fifteen minutes for time actually worked in excess of forty hours in one week. Employees may not accrue more than 120 hours of unused compensatory time for overtime hours worked. Compensatory time is earned at straight time.
(2) The positions of General Foreman, Assistant Supervisor of Distribution, Supervisor of Pumping and Supply, Supervisor of Distribution, and Supervisor of Filtration and Lab shall receive compensation for overtime hours worked at their straight time rate.
(3) Compensatory time entitlements shall be approved by the Appointing Authority and shall be properly recorded as to when it was earned and when it was used on a biweekly basis when the payroll is submitted. The records on file in the Auditor’s office shall be final.
(4) Exempt employees may use accrued compensatory time with the approval of the Appointing Authority taking into account the scheduling needs of the department.
(5) Upon termination of employment, employees with unused compensatory time shall be paid at their final regular rate for any balance of accrued hours, not to exceed 120 hours.
(Ord. 64-2007. Passed 3-26-07.)