Common use of Overtime and Call Back Clause in Contracts

Overtime and Call Back. Section A. Employees shall have the choice of being paid at the rate of one and one-half (1-1/2) times the employee’s regular base hourly rate of pay or receiving compensatory time at the rate of one and one-half times the hours worked for work performed under any of the following conditions, but compensation shall not be paid twice for the same hours: 1. All work performed in excess of forty (40) hours in any work week. 2. All work performed on Saturdays and Sundays. An employee shall not be required to take time off during the normal work week to avoid payment of overtime. Section B. All work performed on any holiday shall be paid at two and one-half (2-1/2) times the employee’s base hourly rate of pay. Section C. Employees will be paid a minimum of three (3) hours at the regular hourly rate when called back to work outside of the regular scheduled shift. Section D. Overtime generally will be on a voluntary basis. If the overtime work cannot be covered on a voluntary basis, then employees will be required to work overtime. In the case of emergency, overtime is required. Section E. All holidays and paid leave time shall be considered time worked for the purpose of computing overtime. Section F. Employees shall be allowed to accumulate a maximum of 240 hours of compensatory time. Compensatory time shall be used in the same manner as vacation. Upon severance of employment, an employee shall be paid his/her accrued compensatory time.