Educational
Support Personnel
Compensatory Time-Off
This policy governs the use
of compensatory time-off by employees who: (1) are covered by the overtime
provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 302 et seq., and (2)
are not represented by an exclusive bargaining representative.
Employees may be given
1-1/2 hours of compensatory time-off in lieu of
cash payment for each hour of overtime worked. Other than as provided below, at
no time may an employee’s accumulated compensatory time-off exceed 240 hours,
which represents compensation for 160 hours of overtime. Overtime will not be allowed
without prior authorization from the employee's immediate supervisor. Regular
employees may accumulate a maximum of 240 hours of compensatory time, which
represents compensation for 160 hours of overtime. Employees whose work
regularly includes public safety, emergency response, or seasonal activities
may accumulate a maximum of 480 hours of compensatory time, which represents
compensation for 320 hours of overtime. If an employee accrues the maximum
number of compensatory time-off hours, the
employee (1) will be paid for any additional overtime hours worked, at the rate
of one and one-half times the employee's regular hourly rate of pay, and (2) does not accumulate compensatory time-off until
the employee uses an equal amount of accrued time-off.
An employee who has accrued
compensatory time shall be permitted to use such time in 30 minute blocks if such
requests do not unduly disrupt the operations of the District. All requests for
compensatory time must be approved by the employee's supervisor.
Upon termination of
employment, an employee will be paid for unused compensatory time at the higher
of:
1.
the average regular rate
received by such employee during the last three years of employment; or
2.
the final regular rate
received by such employee.
Compensatory
time-off is time during which the employee is not working and is, therefore,
not counted as "hours worked" for purposes of overtime compensation.
LEGAL REF.: Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et
seq., 29 C.F.R. Part 553.
CROSS REF.: 5.35, 5.270
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