Flexible Training Hours. This schedule results in seventy-eight (78) hours that will be made up during the year through designated CPT training days and flexible training time. It is anticipated that approximately fifty (50) hours will be set aside each year for designated CPT training days (exact number to be determined each year). Once the hours set aside for designated CPT training days is established, the remaining hours shall be used for flexible training as follows. Employees on the 4/11 Schedule attending training on a day off or outside their normal shift shall use their available Flexible Training Bank hours (Non-CPT Hours) prior to using overtime. All Flexible Training Bank hours must be used prior to earning overtime. The only limitation on the use of these training hours is that no employee can exceed the one hundred seventy-one (171) hour FLSA limit in any twenty-eight (28) day cycle. The combination of regular work shifts, designated CPT training days, and flexible training time cannot exceed one hundred seventy-one (171) hours in any FLSA Cycle. Any hours worked over one hundred seventy-one (171) in a twenty-eight (28) day cycle are considered premiums hours and must therefore be paid at the overtime rate. The following is a list of some of the forms of training that could use hours from the bank; SWAT DRO Range Masters Quarterly Shoots FTO Meetings K-9 Sergeant’s meetings FTO School 11550 School Radar School Supervisor school All other Training City of Palo Alto and PAPOA April 10, 2023 – June 30, 2025 If an employee doesn’t use his or her flexible training hours during the year, he or she will be required to make up the difference by either working extra shifts, partial shifts or by using vacation, compensatory time off, and/or holiday time from one of their banks at the end of each fiscal year. The Watch Commander and Supervisor will work with employees to schedule extra shifts or use vacation, holiday or compensatory time off balances. These hours are hours the employee is being compensated for during the normal twenty-six (26) pay periods. The employee must work the hours on a straight time basis or use vacation, holidays or compensatory time off for the compensation received throughout the year.
