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CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHARTER of THE CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS
VOLUME I
VOLUME II
CHAPTER 29 RESERVED
CHAPTER 29A RESERVED
CHAPTER 30 NOISE
CHAPTER 31 OFFENSES - MISCELLANEOUS
CHAPTER 31A OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
CHAPTER 32 PARKS AND WATER RESERVOIRS
CHAPTER 33 ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES
CHAPTER 34 PERSONNEL RULES
CHAPTER 35 RESERVED
CHAPTER 36 POLES AND WIRES
CHAPTER 37 POLICE
CHAPTER 37A POLICE AND FIRE WELFARE FUND
CHAPTER 38 PRIVATE DETECTIVES
CHAPTER 38A PROMOTERS
CHAPTER 39 RAILROADS
CHAPTER 39A RELOCATION ASSISTANCE - EMINENT DOMAIN
CHAPTER 39B REGULATED PROPERTY - PURCHASE AND SALE
CHAPTER 39C RECORDS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
CHAPTER 40 RAT CONTROL
CHAPTER 40A RETIREMENT
CHAPTER 40B SECONDARY METALS RECYCLERS
CHAPTER 41 SMOKING
CHAPTER 41A SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES
CHAPTER 42 HOME SOLICITATIONS
CHAPTER 42A SPECIAL EVENTS; NEIGHBORHOOD MARKETS; DALLAS FARMERS MARKET FARMERS MARKET; STREETLIGHT POLE BANNERS
CHAPTER 42B SHORT-TERM RENTALS
CHAPTER 43 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
CHAPTER 43A SWIMMING POOLS
CHAPTER 44 TAXATION
CHAPTER 45 TEMPORARY INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER PROGRAM
CHAPTER 46 UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES RELATING TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY AND EXPRESSION
CHAPTER 47 TRAILERS, TRAILER PARKS AND TOURIST CAMPS
CHAPTER 47A TRANSPORTATION FOR HIRE
CHAPTER 48 TREES AND SHRUBS
CHAPTER 48A VEHICLE TOW SERVICE
CHAPTER 48B VACANT BUILDINGS AND LOTS
CHAPTER 48C VEHICLE IMMOBILIZATION SERVICE
CHAPTER 49 WATER AND WASTEWATER
CHAPTER 50 CONSUMER AFFAIRS
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VOLUME III
ARTICLE II.
COMPENSATION.
SEC. 34-15.   GENERAL.
   (a)   Charter provisions. Section 18, Chapter XXIV of the city charter provides that the wages, hours, and conditions of employment of all city employees shall be fixed and approved by the city council.
   (b)   Salary schedule. All classifications and salary ranges existing in city employment are identified in the salary and classification schedule. Any addition to or deletion from this schedule must be made by resolution of the city council.
   (c)   The provisions of this article may be modified by a city council ordinance or resolution adopting a meet and confer or collective bargaining agreement. If any provision of this article conflicts with a provision of a meet and confer or collective bargaining agreement adopted by the city council, the provision of the meet and confer or collective bargaining agreement will prevail. (Ord. Nos. 19340; 24873; 28024; 31745)
SEC. 34-16.   WORK HOURS.
   (a)   Standard work day. The standard work day is eight hours, but may deviate depending on departmental operating needs. The work day may exclude approved meal periods, but may include a 15- minute break period within any uninterrupted four-hour work period. An employee may be required to work hours other than the employee’s normal work schedule.
   (b)   The standard work week is 40 hours, but may deviate depending on departmental operating needs.
   (c)   Alternate work schedules. The following alternate work schedules, and any additional ones adopted by city council resolution, may be selected and implemented for a department, with prior written approval from the director of human resources and the city manager.
SCHEDULE
HOURS PER WEEK
HOURS PER 24 HOUR PERIOD BEGINNING AT MIDNIGHT
SCHEDULE
HOURS PER WEEK
HOURS PER 24 HOUR PERIOD BEGINNING AT MIDNIGHT
(1) Four 10-hour days a week.
40
Maximum of 10.
(2) 12-hour days on Monday and Tuesday and 8-hour days on Thursday and Friday. Tasking is allowed.
40
Varies from a minimum of 8 to a maximum of 12.
(3) Five 8-hour days a week. Tasking is allowed.
40
Maximum of 8.
(4) Four 9-hour days and one 4- hour day a week.
40
Varies from a minimum of 4 to a maximum of 9.
(5) Three 11-1/2 hour days one week of a pay period and four 11-1/2 hour days the other week of a pay period.
Varies from 34.5 to 46.
Maximum of 11- 1/2.
(6) Three 12-hour days one week of a pay period and four 12-hour days the other week of a pay period.
Varies from 36 to 48
Maximum of 12
(7) Three 12-hour days one week of a pay period and three 12-hour days and one 8-hour day the other week of a pay period.
Varies from 36 to 44
Varies from a minimum of 8 to a maximum of 12
(8) Two 13-hour days and one 14-hour day a week
40
Varies from a minimum of 13 to a maximum of 14.
(9) Any combination of hours, ranging from a minimum of 4 to a maximum of 12, in a day. A work week consists of a minimum of 3-1/2 days and a maximum of 7 days. Tasking is allowed.
Varies from 32 to 48
Varies from a minimum of 4 to a maximum of 12.
 
   (d)   24-hour staffing. For jobs requiring 24-hour staffing, meals may be eaten while on duty. An employee is considered on duty during all meal breaks and is expected to be readily available to perform required duties.
   (e)   Take-home vehicles. The work day for an employee who travels to and from a regular jobsite in city equipment begins at the time and location at which the employee is initially required to report for duty. The work day ends when the employee is relieved of duty. (Ord. Nos. 19340; 19473; 22296; 22318; 24052; 24873; 28024; 32604 )
SEC. 34-17.   OVERTIME AND PAID LEAVE FOR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES.
   (a)   Weekly overtime. Any nonexempt employee will be paid an overtime hourly rate of 1-1/2 times the employee’s regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 40 in any work week.
   (b)   Paid leave. An employee is charged with paid leave only on days the employee would otherwise have been scheduled to work. If the employee is assigned to a standard work week, no more than 40 hours paid leave may be charged in one work week. If the employee is assigned to an approved alternate work schedule, the hours charged in one work week as paid leave may not exceed the maximum hours contained in the alternate work week during which the leave was taken. Except for holiday leave, mental health leave, compassionate leave, injury leave, quarantine leave, mandatory city leave, and court leave pursuant to Section 34-26 , paid leave will not be counted as work time for purposes of computing overtime or compensatory leave.
   (c)   Call backs. A nonexempt employee who is called back to work and reports back to work outside of the employee’s scheduled work hours must be paid a minimum of two hours worked, if the call back does not merge with the employee’s scheduled start time.
   (d)   Exception. This section does not apply to a sworn employee of the police department or the fire department. (Ord. Nos. 19340; 19473; 22296; 22318; 24052; 24873; 25389; 28024; 30216 ; 32604)
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