The Town pays overtime in accordance with the requirements of
state and federal law.
Appointed officials and executive, administrative, and professional
employees are exempt from the payment of overtime. Department heads
are exempt from the payment of overtime.
It is the policy of the Town to restrict authorization of overtime
work to emergency situations involving a temporary increase in the
quantity of work such that the work cannot be performed during regularly
scheduled work hours. A department head must preauthorize all work
which would result in the Town incurring the obligation to pay overtime
or compensatory leave time. The Town may adjust the regular work schedule
of any employee such that an employee does not actually work in excess
of his or her regularly scheduled number of hours in any one work
day or work week.
A.
Nonexempt full-time employees may elect to be paid overtime pay at
the rate of 1 1/2 times their regular hourly rate for all hours
worked in excess of their regular daily schedule which exceed 40 hours
in that week, unless another schedule is elected.
B.
Nonexempt part-time, seasonal and temporary employees may elect to
be paid overtime pay at the rate of 1 1/2 times their regular
hourly rate for all hours worked in excess of the statutory maximum
of 40 hours in any one work week, unless another schedule is elected.
C.
Paid leave time will be counted as hours worked for purposes of calculating
entitlement to paid overtime.
A.
Nonexempt full-time employees may elect compensatory leave at the
rate of 1 1/2 hours for each hour worked or overtime pay at the
rate of 1 1/2 times their regular hourly rate for all hours worked
in excess of 40 hours in that week.
B.
Exempt full-time, part-time, seasonal and temporary employees may
earn straight-time compensatory leave for every hour worked in excess
of their regular schedule for that day, for emergency situations as
determined in accordance with the overtime policy provision of this
Division A, unless another schedule is elected.
C.
In lieu of paid overtime, and subject to the accrual limitations
specified in this section, any employee eligible for paid overtime
may elect to earn compensatory leave at the rate of 1 1/2 hours
for all hours worked in excess of his or her regular schedule for
that day, unless another schedule is elected.
D.
According to federal law, other than partially exempt public safety
and seasonal employees, nonexempt employees may accrue up to 240 hours
of compensatory leave for hours worked after April 15, 1986.
E.
Exempt employees may accrue up to 240 hours of compensatory leave
for hours worked. The Mayor may limit this accrual to less than 240
hours.
F.
Employees shall be permitted to use accrued compensatory leave after
making a request, provided the requested use will not unduly disrupt
the operations of the Town government and the affected departmental
unit(s).
G.
Upon termination, an employee shall be paid for unused compensatory
leave at the average regular rate during the last three years of employment,
or the employee's final rate, whichever is higher.
H.
Paid leave time will be counted as hours worked for the purposes
of calculating entitlement to paid overtime or compensatory leave.
Town employees may not perform volunteer services for the Town
(including any of its constituent agencies) of the same type they
are regularly employed to perform.
Full-time merit employees shall be ineligible for selection
to work a second Town position. Part-time employees may be eligible
for selection to work additional part-time Town jobs, provided the
total hours worked do not normally exceed 40 per week. They shall
be compensated for the additional position in accordance with the
applicable wage rates for the second job. Hours worked in such secondary
Town employment shall be counted for purposes of calculating overtime
payable to the employee in the designated work week. Overtime, if
any, shall be paid at 1 1/2 times the regular rate of the second
position.
Employees who are called in to work from off-duty to respond
to an emergency (as determined by the department head and approved
by the Mayor) shall be compensated for a minimum of two hours, inclusive
of travel time to and from the emergency site. Except as specified
below, nonexempt employees shall be paid at the rate of 1 1/2
times their regular hourly rate, and exempt employees shall receive
straight-time compensatory leave. When the difference between the
time of commencement of the call-in and the beginning of his or her
next scheduled work hours is less than two hours, the employee will
be paid only for the difference. At the beginning of the scheduled
hours, the regular hourly rate will apply. Employees shall be eligible
to receive call-in pay only once during a twenty-four-hour period.
There shall be no compounding of overtime, leave, holiday and
other payments unless otherwise specified. Only one rate, the highest,
shall apply.
