Common use of WAGES AND HOURS OF WORK Clause in Contracts

WAGES AND HOURS OF WORK. (a) Payment of wages shall be made bi-weekly, except that when a statutory holiday falls on a regular payday, payment of wages shall be made prior to the holiday. (b) The workday for reporters shall constitute seven and one-half (7 1/2) hours and the work week shall be thirty-seven and one-half (37 1/2) hours within five (5) consecutive days, Monday to Friday. Both parties agree that a reporter may be required to work a Tuesday-to- Saturday shift at straight time rates of pay. The workweek shall be scheduled no later than three (3) days prior to the commencement of the weekly schedule. The schedule may be changed by mutual agreement between the Department Head and the employee, accounting for the requirements of the paper and the employees' prior commitments on their days off. Employees shall be paid overtime on the following basis: overtime is hereby defined as the time worked in excess of the number of hours established for a regular work day or work week. Overtime shall be paid for at the rate of time and one-half (1 ½) for the first hour of each day and double-time thereafter the wage applicable to the same work when performed during non-overtime hours. Minimum of fifteen (15) minutes' pay shall be paid for any overtime worked. Overtime shall be computed in fifteen (15) minute units with any fraction of fifteen