COMPENSATION TIME OFF. Compensating Time Off (CTO) may be granted for services performed outside regular working hours in lieu of overtime pay and in accordance with applicable State and Federal Laws, and at the discretion of the Fire Chief/Administrator. Compensating Time Off (CTO) will be accrued in accordance with the following: A. All CTO requests must be in writing and approved, if possible, prior to the employee performing any qualifying assignment. B. CTO may be accrued to a maximum of one hundred forty-four (144) hours. C. Requests for CTO shall be in accordance with the RHFPD’s VACATION GUIDELINES. D. CTO can only be taken in four (4) hour increments or more. E. CTO shall be accrued at a rate of time and one-half (1-1/2) the employee’s base regular rate of pay. F. The same procedures applicable to vacation buy back in Section 5.2 shall apply to cash out of employee’s accumulated CTO.
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