Common use of Availability Pay Clause in Contracts

Availability Pay. In recognition of the unique on-call availability requirement of Law Enforcement, availability pay of eighty-five cents ($.85) per hour shall be added to the base hourly rate for all members of the association. Effective until June 30, 2022, Pilots, Sergeants, Pilot Supervisors and Polygraph Examiner Supervisors shall be eligible to receive $3,800 annually, as they are required, during their ‘on call time’, to take calls of pending complaints or questions and answer those questions or assign the question or call for service to staff as appropriate. This availability pay also covers the times when Pilots, Sergeants, Pilot Supervisors and Polygraph Examiner Supervisors field similar calls during their off time. Members receiving this payment who are covered by the FLSA will have any stipend paid on an hourly basis rather than annually or semi-annually. Members who are exempt from the FLSA will receive this payment on a semi-annual basis, with half paid in January and half paid in July to eligible employees on the payroll at the time of the payment.