An employee who has worked overtime may at the discretion of the Division/Department Head elect to receive time off in lieu of pay at the appropriate overtime rate, provided that the employee does not accumulate compensatory time in excess of Fair Labor Standards Act limitations. The application hereof shall be applied uniformly and shall not be arbitrarily or capriciously withheld. They shall receive this time off with pay in such a way as not to impair the operations of the work unit.
In the absence of such election, the employee shall receive pay as provided herein.
A) An employee may elect to receive a compensatory pay-out of any amount of their banked compensatory time with any payroll.
B) An employee must take all compensatory time in excess of one hundred sixty (160) hours by April 30 of the year following the year in which the time was earned. If the employee has not taken the time by that date, then they shall be paid for all hours not taken in excess of one hundred sixty (160) hours in the next regular pay period.
C) When overtime worked at alternate status is elected as compensatory time, the difference between hourly rates will be paid with the pay period of hours worked.
D) Any remaining vacation time must be scheduled before compensatory time off is permitted after October 1st of each year.