1988.04.18 RESO 1988-0017 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Working Hours and Overtime Pay. A. Forty (40) hours shall constitute a normal working week aI d all hours worked in excess of forty (4() hours per week, eight(8) hours per day or shift, or ten (10) hours per day for four (4) work days a week, shall be referred to as "overtime". B. All time over forty (40) hours per week, or eight (8) hours per day, shall be overtime. No overtime shall be paid to department heads unless approved by the city council in a written contractual agreement C. "Compensatory time off" may be one method of overtime . pay. Although the use of compensatory time off is discouraged, compensatory time off may be one method of ' overtime payment. This shall mean that employees will receive their normal pay, with all hours in excess of forty (40) hours per week, or eight (8) hours per day, credited to the employee's overtime account at 1 1/2 x the rate of pay. This overtime will then be used as time off at such time mutual1y agreeable to the employee and supervisor, or during periods of a shortage of work. It is intended that the above procedure will permit the City to provide each regular employee with a full pay check on a year around basis and to avoid interruptions in insurance and other benefits that would result from unpaid lay-offs in departments with seasonal work requirements. Overtime shall be used up as time off as soon as it is practical. Employees shall accumulate no more than 27 hours of earned compensatory time (40.5 hours when converted). Compensatory time must be used within 12 months from the time it is earned. Written notice shal] be required when an employee wis�es �o ��tilize compensatory time earned. D. "Cash payment of overtime" or compensatory time off, shall be made at the discretion uf the Cit� Administrator. E. Time paid for not working on a holiday shal] /`p added in computing forty (40) hours for overtime purposes. 13