Common use of Callback Overtime Clause in Contracts

Callback Overtime. A. Callback overtime occurs whenever an employee is ordered to return to duty for unscheduled work, typically while on stand-by duty. Call back does not occur when an employee is held over from his/her prior shift or just prior to a regularly scheduled shift. An employee called back to duty shall be compensated for a minimum of three hours paid at the overtime rate of one and one-half times the employee’s regular rate of pay. B. In lieu of call back overtime pay, employees may elect to receive credit to CTO computed at the above rates. C. An employee who works more than 16 hours during any 24 hour period as a result of overtime or callback overtime may be subject to a required rest period.