(a) The determination that an emergency exists and the services deemed essential under the conditions existing at the time shall be at the sole discretion of the Mayor. An announcement through the news media by the Mayor or his or her designated representative shall advise the employees of the emergency and shall specify, by division, those employees deemed to be essential and who are required to report to work.
(b) If the declaration of emergency occurs prior to 7:00 a.m. only those employees engaged in essential services shall report for work, and the employees shall be compensated as follows:
(1) Regular employees engaged in essential services, who are required to work during the period of the emergency shall be compensated at their straight time hourly rate for their normal work shift and at overtime rates for all hours in excess of their normal work shift. In addition, the employees shall be credited with annual leave equal to the total number of hours worked, or in lieu of the annual leave, the employees may elect to receive compensation for those hours at their straight time hourly rate.
(2) Regular employees engaged in nonessential services, and not required to work, and regular employees engaged in essential services who are unable to report for work as a direct result of the conditions necessitating the declaration of emergency shall be paid their straight time hourly rate for a normal work shift and shall have 25% of the shift charged to their accrued annual leave.
(c) If the declaration of emergency occurs after the start of the employees’ regular shift, the employees shall be compensated as follows:
(1) Regular employees engaged in essential services shall be compensated in accordance with subsection (b)(1) above, with the exception that earned annual leave shall be credited for only those hours worked after the declaration of the emergency.
(2) Regular employees engaged in nonessential services shall be sent home, but shall be compensated at their straight time hourly rate for a normal work shift with 25% of the time not worked charged to their accrued annual leave.
(d) Interim, temporary or part-time employees engaged in essential services who are required to work during the period of the emergency shall be compensated in accordance with subsections (b)(1) or (c)(1) above, except that the employees shall not be credited annual leave equal to the number of hours worked but shall receive payment therefor.
(e) Employees who are on authorized sick or scheduled annual leave prior to the declaration of emergency, shall have their absence charged to the appropriate accrued leave.
(Ord. 1946, passed 12-9-1966; Ord. 2315, passed 3-13-1972; Ord. 2699, passed 2-26-1979)