Common use of Professional Time Clause in Contracts

Professional Time. The City agrees to provide those employees who are determined to be exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, with 16 hours off to be used as Professional Time. The City will provide the Union a list of those positions determined to be exempt and agrees to meet and confer on the impact of any reclassification of existing classifications to be exempt status. The use of the days and their scheduling shall be at the employees' discretion with prior approval of the supervisor. Additionally, these employees shall have the right to accrue Professional Time at straight time of up to 104 hours per year as compensation for work that extends beyond forty (40) hours in one week. The Professional Time accrued in a fiscal year must be taken by the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which it is earned.