Except as otherwise expressly provided by the Board of Water and Power Commissioners and approved by the City Council, or otherwise provided for by ordinance implementing an approved Memorandum of Understanding, employees in classes and levels listed in Schedule “B” shall be compensated for authorized overtime as follows:
(1) Employees in classes for which the maximum salary is equal to or less than the maximum salary rate for the class Cashier, Water and Power, Code 9669, shall be paid at the rate of one and one half-hours for each hour worked. Overtime worked on Sundays, holidays or their equivalents shall be paid at the double time rate in addition to the regular compensation for the holiday. Each hour worked after sixteen continuous hours on duty have been worked shall be at the double time rate.
(2) Employees on salary ranges for which the maximum rate is above that for the class Cashier Water and Power, Code 9669, and equal to or less than the maximum rate for the class Secretary Water and Power Commission, Code 9739, shall receive compensation at the rate of one and one-half hours for each overtime hour worked. Employees may request compensation in cash or time off subject to approval of the General Manager.
(3) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (b) below, employees on salary ranges above the range for the class of Secretary Water and Power Commission, Code 9739, shall receive compensation at the rate of one hour for each overtime hour worked. Employees may request compensation in cash or time off subject to approval of the General Manager, and restrictions adopted by the Board of Water and Power Commissioners in Board Resolution 89-321, adopted June 22, 1989, or as subsequently amended.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (a) above, the pay fixed for employees on salary ranges at or above the range for the class of Executive Assistant to General Manager DWP I, Code 0360, shall be deemed to provide full compensation for all hours worked.
(4) The General Manager shall establish limits on the maximum amount of overtime off that can be accumulated in Paragraphs (2) and (3) above.
(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or any other ordinance to the contrary, whenever an employee in a class listed in Schedule B is required to remain on duty or on the Department of Water and Power’s premises, in order to maintain Department operations during a work stoppage by other employees, the employee shall be considered to be on duty during all such hours and shall be paid or allowed to accumulate time-off at the rate of time-and-one-half as directed by the General Manager. If this section or any other ordinance provides greater overtime compensation, the employee may be compensated under those provisions.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 150,778, Eff. 4-17-78, Oper. 7-4-77.
Amended by: Ord. No. 152,544, Eff. 4-23-79, Oper. 7-1-78; Para. 5 added by Ord. No. 154,342, Eff. 6-30-80, Oper. 6-30-80; Ord. No. 165,871 Eff. 5-23-90; Para. (3), Ord. No. 170,063, Eff. 10-17-94.