Common use of Contractual Overtime Clause in Contracts

Contractual Overtime. 4 Contractual daily overtime shall be paid to employees who work more than their regularly 5 scheduled workday, inclusive of alternative work schedules, at the Contractual Overtime Rate in 6 effect at the time the overtime work is performed. 7 Contractual weekly overtime shall be paid to employees for all hours worked in excess of 40 8 hours per FLSA workweek at the Contractual Overtime Rate in effect at the time the overtime work 9 is performed. 10 The Contractual Overtime Rate for each overtime hour worked shall be one and one-half 11 times the combined amount of the employee’s hourly base rate of pay and any applicable pay 12 premiums in effect at the time the OT is worked (known as “time and one half”). If the Fair Labor 13 Standards Act (FLSA) requires a higher rate of pay for any overtime hours worked, the employee 14 shall be paid the higher rate of pay pursuant to the FLSA. 15 A. Employees required to work more than their regular workday or workweek will be 16 paid either overtime for such additional hours at 1-1/2 times the employee’s base hourly rate of pay 17 or compensatory time, if compensatory time is approved by their supervisor, at the rate of 1-1/2 times 18 the amount of overtime hours actually worked, inclusive of any premiums in effect at the time. 19 B. Paid benefit time, sick leave and compensatory time shall not be counted as time 20 worked for purposes of overtime calculation. The County will provide the Union with at least thirty 21 (30) days notice of any change in the workweek or payroll week for employees covered by this 22 Agreement. 23 C. For the purpose of calculating overtime, an employee’s workday shall be defined 24 as beginning with the first hour of their regularly assigned shift and continuing for a total of 24 25 consecutive hours. The workweek shall consist of seven consecutive 24 hour periods as defined by 26 the County. 27 D. When an employee is held over or called in for a work period that includes a 28 regular meal period, the meal period will be unpaid. 1 E. Employees working two consecutive hours of unscheduled overtime immediately 2 following the employee’s regularly scheduled workday shall be eligible to receive a meal expense