(a) Overtime benefits shall not be applicable to the following Village employees:
(1) Village Administrator.
(2) Police Chief.
(3) Assistant Village Administrator.
(4) Village Fiscal Officer.
(5) Temporary personnel.
(6) Any full-time employee classified as exempt.
(b) All Village employees, except Police Department personnel, are eligible for overtime benefits when the time worked by such employee is in excess of forty (40) hours per week (“Base Work Hours” - non-uniform employees). Overtime Compensation for the Police Department personnel, including part-time personnel, shall be paid for all hours worked in excess of eighty-four (84) hours per fourteen (14) day work period coinciding with the same work period as the pay period for all Village employees (“Base Work Hours” - uniform employees). Employees shall be paid time and one-half for the actual hours worked in excess of their Base Work Hours as noted above.
(c) Employees shall be paid time and a half for the time worked in excess of their normal work schedule as outlined above.
(d) The following procedure for overtime shall be strictly adhered to:
(1) All overtime work shall be approved by the respective Department Supervisor prior to beginning the overtime.
(2) All overtime hours worked shall be submitted with full and specific written explanation, stating the reason for the overtime, and signed by the appropriate Department Supervisor.
(3) Abuse of overtime benefits shall result in disciplinary action and/or written reprimand, loss of pay, suspension or termination, to the parties involved.
(4) There shall be no pyramiding of overtime hours.
(5) Overtime hours shall be paid based upon actual hours worked. Any paid time off such as Holiday time, personal time, vacation time and sick time credited during the measurable period shall not be credited as actual hours worked in determining hours eligible for overtime compensation in excess of the Base Work Hours.
(e) (EDITOR’S NOTE: Former subsection (e) was deleted by Ordinance 2021-18, passed November 22, 2021.)
(f) Flexible Scheduling. In Village departments where full-time employees work schedules may benefit from the use of flexible scheduling, it will be permitted to alter a work shift already in-progress, by changing the scheduled start or end time. This change will be based on the needs of the Village, only with the approval of the Department Supervisor and/or the Village Administrator. (Ord. 2019-9. Passed 7-15-19; Ord. 2021-18. Passed 11-22-21.)