Common use of HOURS AND OVERTIME Clause in Contracts

HOURS AND OVERTIME. 1. The regular workweek for patrol officers (excluding SAT), canine officers and officers assigned to the Telephone Reporting Unit shall be a four (4) day, forty (40) hour week. Except as provided at Paragraphs 3 and 6 of this Article or elsewhere in this Agreement, for all other officers, including SAT, traffic, detective, administrative, and support personnel, the regular week shall be a five (5) day (at the discretion of the County) forty (40) hour week. Roll call shall be included in the regular workday. All hours worked in excess of a regular workday or forty (40) hours per week shall be compensated at time and a half except for: a. The first two hours of services performed by an officer working while in an off duty PPV status. b. If the department reasonably projects that it will run out of overtime funds within a reasonable period it may request officers to accept compensatory time at time and a half for each hour of overtime worked. If the Employer requests that the County Council appropriate additional funds to make possible the continuation of overtime payments, and the request is denied, the department may require members of the bargaining unit to accept compensatory time at time and a half for each overtime hour worked in lieu of overtime pay. [See Side Letter Ref. Pre and Post Shift Preparation Pay.] 2. It is recognized that the County may change work schedules in effect at the time this Agreement was negotiated. The parties agree to meet and exchange views about such changes prior to their implementation, including their impact upon this Article and Article 42 of this Agreement. Such exchanges of views shall not constitute waiver of any rights afforded by this contract or applicable law. 3. Upon the determination by the County that the operating needs of the department will be met by assigning some or all of the General Assignment Division complement to a four day, forty hour workweek, the workweek of some or all of the General Assignment Division officers shall be changed to a four day, forty hour workweek. 4. For purposes of this Article, “hours worked” refers to hours the employee is in a pay status, including, for example, any paid leave. However, when an employee applies for and takes any paid leave after the employee has been notified that s/he is scheduled to work overtime that day, then the leave period on that day will not be treated as hours worked for the purposes of calculating overtime compensation. 5. When an employee who works overtime from an overtime callback list takes sick leave after working overtime that day, then the sick leave taken will not be treated as hours worked for the purposes of calculating overtime compensation.

HOURS AND OVERTIME. 1. The regular workweek for patrol officers (excluding SAT), canine officers and officers assigned to the Telephone Reporting Unit shall be a four (4) day, forty (40) hour week. Except as provided at Paragraphs 3 and 6 of this Article or elsewhere in this Agreement, for all other officers, including SAT, traffic, detective, administrative, and support personnel, the regular week shall be a five (5) day (at the discretion of the County) forty (40) hour week. Roll call shall be included in the regular workday. All hours worked in excess of a regular workday or forty (40) hours per week shall be compensated at time and a half except for: a. The first two hours of services performed by an officer working while in an off duty PPV status. b. If the department reasonably projects that it will run out of overtime funds within a reasonable period it may request officers to accept compensatory time at time and a half for each hour of overtime worked. If the Employer requests that the County Council appropriate additional funds to make possible the continuation of overtime payments, and the request is denied, the department may require members of the bargaining unit to accept compensatory time at time and a half for each overtime hour worked in lieu of overtime pay. [See Side Letter Ref. Pre and Post Shift Preparation Pay: March 18, 1996.] 2. It is recognized that the County may change work schedules in effect at the time this Agreement was negotiated. The parties agree to meet and exchange views about such changes prior to their implementation, including their impact upon this Article and Article 42 of this Agreement. Such exchanges of views shall not constitute waiver of any rights afforded by this contract or applicable law. 3. Upon the determination by the County that the operating needs of the department will be met by assigning some or all of the General Assignment Division complement to a four day, forty hour workweek, the workweek of some or all of the General Assignment Division officers shall be changed to a four day, forty hour workweek. 4. For purposes of this Article, “hours worked” refers to hours the employee is in a pay status, including, for example, any paid leave. However, when an employee applies for and takes any paid leave after the employee has been notified that s/he is scheduled to work overtime that day, then the leave period on that day will not be treated as hours worked for the purposes of calculating overtime compensation. 5. When an employee who works overtime from an overtime callback list takes sick leave after working overtime that day, then the sick leave taken will not be treated as hours worked for the purposes of calculating overtime compensation.

HOURS AND OVERTIME. 1. The regular workweek for patrol officers (excluding SAT), canine officers and officers assigned to the Telephone Reporting Unit shall be a four (4) day, forty (40) hour week. Except as provided at in Paragraphs 3 and 6 of this Article or elsewhere in this Article or elsewhere in this Agreement, for all other officers, including SAT, traffic, detective, administrative, and support personnel, the regular week shall be a five (5) day (at the discretion of the County) forty (40) hour week. Roll call shall be included in the regular workday. All hours worked in excess of a regular workday or forty (40) hours per week shall be compensated at time and a half except for: a. The first two hours of services performed by an officer working while in an off duty PPV status. b. If the department reasonably projects that it will run out of overtime funds within a reasonable period it may request officers to accept compensatory time at time and a half for each hour of overtime worked. If the Employer requests that the County Council appropriate additional funds to make possible the continuation of overtime payments, and the request is denied, the department may require members of the bargaining unit to accept compensatory time at time and a half for each overtime hour worked in lieu of overtime pay. [See Side Letter Ref. Pre and Post Shift Preparation Pay: March 18, 1996.] 2. It is recognized that the County may change work schedules in effect at the time this Agreement was negotiated. The parties agree to meet and exchange views about such changes prior to their implementation, including their impact upon this Article and Article 42 of this Agreement. Such exchanges of views shall not constitute waiver of any rights afforded by this contract or applicable law. 3. Upon the determination by the County that the operating needs of the department will be met by assigning some or all of the General Assignment Division complement to a four day, forty hour workweek, the workweek of some or all of the General Assignment Division officers shall be changed to a four day, forty hour workweek. 4. For purposes of this Article, “hours worked” refers to hours the employee is in a pay status, including, for example, any paid leave. However, when an employee applies for and takes any paid leave after the employee has been notified that s/he is scheduled to work overtime that day, then the leave period on that day will not be treated as hours worked for the purposes of calculating overtime compensation. 5. When an employee who works overtime from an overtime callback list takes sick leave after working overtime that day, then the sick leave taken will not be treated as hours worked for the purposes of calculating overtime compensation.

HOURS AND OVERTIME. 1. The regular workweek work week for patrol officers (excluding SAT), canine officers and officers assigned to the Telephone Reporting Unit employees covered by this Agreement shall be a four (4) day, forty (40) hour week. Except as provided at Paragraphs 3 and 6 of this Article or elsewhere in this Agreement, for all other officers, including SAT, traffic, detective, administrative, and support personnel, the regular week shall be a five (5) day (at the discretion of the County) forty (40) hour week. Roll call shall be included in the regular workday. All hours worked in excess of a regular workday or forty (40) hours per composed of an average of forty (40) hours in a twenty-eight day cycle. It is understood that the nature of the support services positions require a varied work schedule. Although the position’s regular hours will often coincide with departmental shifts, the schedule may be varied as deemed necessary, according to the requirements of the position by the employees or as specified by the Police Chief. All hours worked by regular employees over their regularly scheduled work week shall be compensated paid at time a monetary rate of one and a one-half except for: a. The first two hours (1 1/2) times the base hourly rate of services performed by an officer working while in an off duty PPV status. b. If the department reasonably projects that it will run out of overtime funds within a reasonable period it may request officers to accept compensatory time at time and a half for each hour of overtime worked. If the Employer requests that the County Council appropriate additional funds to make possible the continuation of overtime payments, and the request is denied, the department may require members of the bargaining unit to accept compensatory time at time and a half for each overtime hour worked in lieu of overtime pay. [See Side Letter Ref. Pre and Post Shift Preparation Pay.] 2. It is recognized that Pay for the County may change work schedules in effect at the time this Agreement was negotiated. The parties agree to meet and exchange views about such changes prior to their implementation, including their impact upon this Article and Article 42 of this Agreement. Such exchanges of views shall not constitute waiver of any rights afforded by this contract or applicable law. 3. Upon the determination by the County that the operating needs of the department will be met by assigning some or all of the General Assignment Division complement to a four day, forty hour workweek, the workweek of some or all of the General Assignment Division officers shall be changed to a four day, forty hour workweek. 4. For purposes purpose of this Article, “hours worked” refers shall mean only hours “actually worked”, Vacation leave, and holiday base pay, bereavement leave and work related injury leave, and shall NOT INCLUDE: Hours compensated for by sick leave; Hours compensated for by reserve service leave; Hours compensated for by call-back, court pay or special detail pay which are not actually worked; Overtime shall be divided equally amongst all employees so far as possible, and an overtime roster shall be maintained by the Chief of the Department. Preference will be given to hours the employee is senior officer on a rotating basis, on the overtime list, if off-duty and available. Preference to fill shift vacancies will be given to regular Patrol Officers over Special Police, if off duty and available. Employees called in a pay status, including, for example, any paid leave. However, when an employee applies for and takes any paid leave after the employee has been notified that s/he is scheduled to work for hours which are not annexed consecutively to either end of the employee’s work shift shall receive a minimum of four (4) hours pay at a time and one-half (1-1/2) their base hourly rate of pay. This provision also applies to town details. This provision does not apply to scheduled overtime that dayor holdover periods. Court Pay shall be at the minimum of four (4) hours pay at one and one-half (1 1/2) times the base hourly rate of pay for each Court appearance. Court shall be construed to mean State and Federal Court, then the leave period quasi-judicial hearings, and administrative agency proceedings. Employees who are on-call to attend court shall be paid $4 per hour. On-Call Pay – Detectives who are on-call during weekday nights (Monday-Thursday), they will earn one (1) hour of Comp Time. Detectives who are on that day will not be treated as hours worked for the purposes call during weekends (Friday evening-Monday morning) they shall earn a rate of calculating overtime compensation$4 per hour. On New Years Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day, Detectives on call shall earn a rate of pay of ten dollars ($10) per hour. 5. When an employee who works overtime from an overtime callback list takes sick leave after working overtime that day, then the sick leave taken will not be treated as hours worked for the purposes of calculating overtime compensation.