4.20.020 Overtime, holiday pay, standby, callout, and flex schedule.
A. Exempt employees shall work the time necessary to perform their job. For purposes of pay and benefits only, exempt personnel are not subject to deductions for absences of less than a day.
B. It is recognized that overtime duty is an occasional necessity dictated by the needs of the city. Department directors shall use sound management judgment to schedule overtime in accordance with the needs of the city. To the extent practicable, department directors shall anticipate overtime needs. No overtime shall be worked unless authorized by the department director or supervisor.
C. In accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), overtime pay shall apply when a nonexempt employee actually works more than 40 hours in a work week. Overtime work shall be paid at the rate of time and one-half.
D. Police officers are authorized to work a nonstandard work schedule and shall be scheduled to work a minimum of 80 hours in a 14-day pay period. They shall receive overtime pay when they have worked in excess of the standard minimum hours for their applicable schedule.
E. Standby Pay.
1. The department director may designate one or more employees to be on standby.
2. For each day the employee is designated to be on standby but is not called out to work, the employee will receive two hours’ compensation at one and one-half times the employee’s normal hourly rate of pay.
3. An employee on standby shall receive compensation at one and one-half times the employee’s normal hourly rate of pay for the greater of two hours or the number of hours actually worked when notified to report to work.
F. Callout Pay.
1. Based on the needs of the city and the availability of the employee, a department director or designee may request an off-duty employee to report to work; and
2. Upon arrival at work, an employee who is called out on their regular day off shall receive compensation at one and one-half times the employee’s normal hourly rate of pay for the greater of two hours or the number of hours actually worked.
G. Flex Schedule. The department director, in his or her discretion, may assign employees to a flex schedule.
H. Subsections (E) and (F) of this section shall not apply to employees designated as on call status employees. (Ord. 12-001 § 3, 2013)