Common use of COMPENSATORY TIME IN LIEU OF OVERTIME Clause in Contracts

COMPENSATORY TIME IN LIEU OF OVERTIME. A. Employees may receive compensatory in lieu of overtime, at time and one half (1.5). B. Compensatory time shall be subject to the following guidelines: 1. Compensatory time can be taken at any time that is mutually convenient with the Employer and requesting employee. 2. No compensatory time shall be granted or taken when the payment of overtime pay for a replacement is necessary. 3. Compensatory may be accumulated from one contract year to the next, so long as the total hours in an employee’s compensatory bank do not exceed the maximum accumulations outlined in Section 10.3.B.4. 4. Compensatory time shall be not be accumulated to more than sixty (60) hours for an individual employee. When sixty (60) hours is reached, any overtime worked by said employee shall be paid as part of the normal payroll process. 5. No more than forty (40) overtime hours shall be converted to Compensatory time in a single contract year. 6. If an employee chooses to accept pay for accumulated compensatory time, the employee need only notify the Finance Department through the Director of Public Works, and the employee shall be paid for said hours. Employees may only request pay for accumulated compensatory time between April 1 and June 30 of any calendar year. Pay for compensatory time shall be at the hourly rate in effect on the date the employee requests payment. 7. Upon resignation, dismissal, or retirement, all accumulated compensatory time shall be paid to the employee. In the case of a deceased employee, his/her accumulated compensatory time shall be paid to the spouse or estate.