The following applies to those City employees not presently covered by a collective bargaining agreement with AFSCME Local No. 1519, IAFF Local No. 327, or F.O.P. Ohio Labor Council, Inc. and whose pay is fixed on a monthly biweekly basis.
(a) Overtime Administration. A department head may prescribe, with the approval of the City Manager, reasonable periods of overtime work to meet operational needs. Such overtime shall be reported and justified as required by the City Manager.
(b) Overtime Pay.
(1) Employees deemed non-exempt under FLSA Standards shall be paid at one and one-half times their regular hourly rate when authorized in accordance with subsection (a) hereof for any hours actually worked beyond forty hours per week.
(2) For purposes of this section, hours actually worked does not include time spent on vacation leave, sick leave, comp time, personal leave or holidays.
(3) In lieu of paid overtime, non-exempt employees may earn compensatory time up to a maximum of 240 hours. Any earned but unused compensatory time shall be paid out upon separation in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act.
(4) Employees deemed exempt under FLSA Standards shall not be eligible for overtime but may be allowed to earn compensatory time for overtime worked. Exempt employees may be allowed to flex their schedule to meet the needs of the City and to maintain a fair and equitable 40hour average work week. Exempt employees are expected to be available for meetings and work beyond the average eight-hour day or 40-hour week. Exempt employees, with approval of their supervisor, may, on occasion and if work conditions permit, work less than a 40-hour week if they have also worked more than a 40-hour week when necessary. Exempt employees are expected to work at least 40 hours per week on average.
(5) All employees shall be defined and/or classified as either exempt or non- exempt pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act. Final determination of such status shall be made by the appointing authority in consultation with the Law Director.
(6) Overtime may not be pyramided and overtime compensation provisions of this section shall not apply when time off from an employee’s regularly scheduled work is taken without compensation for the officer’s or employee’s own convenience. (Ord. 22-110. Passed 6-13-22.)