In accordance with the pay plan for the classified service, the rates of compensation set forth in the plan as certified are based on a 40–hour work week unless otherwise noted, as in the case of fire department personnel. Work performed in the classified service in excess of the normal work week, as set forth in the pay plan, shall conform to the following:
(1)Overtime work shall be authorized only in the following cases:
a.
In the event of fire, flood, catastrophe, or other unforeseeable emergency.
b.
Where it is necessary to staff a work station and another employee is not available to work.
c.
To provide essential services when the services cannot be provided by overlapping work schedules.
d.
To carry on short-range projects in which the utilization of present employees is more advant
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In accordance with the pay plan for the classified service, the rates of compensation set forth in the plan as certified are based on a 40–hour work week unless otherwise noted, as in the case of fire department personnel. Work performed in the classified service in excess of the normal work week, as set forth in the pay plan, shall conform to the following:
(1) Overtime work shall be authorized only in the following cases:
a.
In the event of fire, flood, catastrophe, or other unforeseeable emergency.
b.
Where it is necessary to staff a work station and another employee is not available to work.
c.
To provide essential services when the services cannot be provided by overlapping work schedules.
d.
To carry on short-range projects in which the utilization of present employees is more advantageous to the agency than the hiring of additional personnel.
e.
In general, no employee shall be regularly scheduled to work overtime. Exceptions, based on seasonal variations in work programs, shall be recognized when approved by the appointing authority.
(2)
a. All employees in the classified service shall be subject to these provisions except incumbents in those classes of work which are deemed by the board to be on a job basis, whereby the number of hours in a work week are not considered a factor in establishing the pay grade. Positions on a job basis are administrative, managerial, or carrying program management responsibility, or of such an occupational nature that reflecting community, private industry, and public employment practices which clearly places the occupation on a job basis. Positions so designated as job basis shall be identified and recommended by the department head subject to approval by the board. Amendments to the established list may be made by the director.
b. The job-basis list shall be posted in the various departments and otherwise be given wide circulation. Employees in the job-basis category shall not receive overtime credit. The department head, however, shall be permitted to develop a uniform working arrangement whereby adequate overtime records shall be kept and provision for reasonable time off granted in those cases which, by the excessive number of hours worked, create a hardship on the employee.
(3)
Overtime shall be defined as any work performed by a classified employee exceeding the normal work week called for in the pay plan, when such work is assigned by an authorized superior.
(4)
Premium conditions are as follows:
a.
In the event an employee is placed on standby or on call after his or her normal duty hours, the employee shall receive one hour of overtime credit for each full eight-hour day regularly, on standby or on call. Standby or on-call means being given specific instructions by competent authority to remain at the employee’s place of residence awaiting call. An employee shall not be placed on standby or on call unless a reasonable probability of emergency exists. In the event an employee is called back to his or her duty station from his or her place of residence, he or she shall be credited with a minimum of two hours overtime.
b.
In the event an employee is required to work on a recognized legal holiday as defined in this part, the employee shall be awarded eight hours overtime.
(5)
a. Overtime may be awarded by payment on the basis of an hourly equivalent as set forth in the pay plan for each classification, based on the current hourly pay step of the incumbent, or granting equivalent time off. An employee shall be given a minimum notice of two days prior to being required to take time off except as provided in this part.
b. The council shall determine whether overtime shall be awarded by payment or by granting equivalent time off, subject to the limitations imposed in this part. The council may elect to pay or grant time off above the straight time rate but shall uniformly do so within a classification.
(6)
No employee shall accumulate overtime in excess of 80 hours. Any accrual of overtime in excess of this amount, within the following pay period, shall be disposed of in the manner set forth in subdivision (5).
(7)
Upon separation from the service, an employee shall be compensated at his or her regular hourly pay rate for each hour of overtime. The compensation shall be made as terminal pay subject to any limitations thereon imposed by this part.
(8)
Reporting and payment of overtime shall meet the following requirements:
a.
The board reserves the right to make final disposition of all payments for overtime and to periodically conduct reviews of departmental practices of granting overtime.
b. Prompt and accurate reports of overtime earned and used shall be maintained by the departments and shall be subject to periodic review by the director for conformance to this part.
c. Each department, at regular monthly intervals, shall post a list at each work station recapping the current total balance of accrued overtime leave for each employee.