(A) Standby duty in general. Any employees who are assigned during their normal off-duty hours by their departments to standby duty, in immediate communication with the department during the standby period, and available at a minimum notice for emergency call-back duty shall be compensated for the inconvenience resulting thereby as follows.
(B) Standby pay. Except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement, all standby pay for non-exempt employees shall be compensated at the following rates:
(1) Monday through Friday (from the end of a normal work shift to the beginning of the next normal work shift) at the rate of $10.00 per day.
(2) Saturday, Sunday and Holiday (from the end of a normal work shift on Friday to the beginning of the next normal work shift the following Monday or the 24 hour period of a holiday) at the rate of $20.00 per day.
(3) Should any collective bargaining agreement provide a higher standby pay than indicated above, then employees who are not members of that bargaining agreement shall receive no less standby pay.
(C) Standby pay for exempt employees. Exempt employees shall not be entitled to standby duty pay unless such standby duty pay is part of a collective bargaining agreement or is approved by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
('71 Code, § 18-46) (Ord. passed 5-6-69; Am. Ord. passed 5-15-73; Am. Ord. passed 11-4-98; Am. Ord. passed 12-7-99)