Off-Duty Court Standby. In the event that an employee is required to be on off-duty court standby, the employee shall be paid two (2) hours base straight time pay for each day of off- duty court standby. It shall be the responsibility of the employee to check with the Department's Court Liaison Officer or the State Attorney's receptionist for status changes for those cases scheduled at the Pinellas County Criminal Justice Complex; unless notified otherwise by the Court Liaison Officer, the employee shall be released from standby at 4:00 p.m. Current practice for status determination and release from off-duty court standby shall continue for cases scheduled for other courts, (e.g., Traffic Court, Federal Court). In order to be eligible for court standby payment, the employee must check in as per Department policy, leaving the phone number where the employee may be reached. Off-duty court standby hours paid shall not count as hours worked for the purpose of computing overtime pay. An employee who is called to appear in court receives standby pay and pay for the time spent in court, with a minimum guarantee of one (1) hour for court time. Time spent in court begins from the time of the first appearance until one (1) hour later or whenever released by proper judicial authority if the release extends past the one (1)-hour period. Employees covered by this Agreement who are assigned to the second (2nd) relief (day shift), shall be ineligible for off-duty standby pay unless it is on their regularly scheduled day off or they have been placed on off-duty court standby for evening court hearings.
Off-Duty Court Standby. In the event that an employee is required to be on court standby in a matter related to his official position with the City and is not called to attend court within the calendar day, he shall be paid two (2) hours standby pay. In order to be eligible for court standby payment, the employee must check in with the court liaison officer, leaving the phone number where he/she may be reached. The employee will not receive off-duty court standby pay for cases unrelated to his official position with the City. Off-duty court standby hours paid shall not count as hours worked for the purpose of computing overtime pay.
