a. Only employees who are exempted from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act
(FLSA) shall be eligible for per diem or flex time. Exempt positions are not eligible for
overtime. However, exempt personnel may be allowed flextime off by their appropriate
supervisor within thirty (30) days of the overtime worked in exchange based on each
situation.
b. When exempt employees are required to report to work on. a weekend (from Friday at 8:00
p.m. until Sunday at midnight), holiday, or vacation day in emergency or non-emergency
situations to assist any City/Department, agency, or specialty unit, , the exempt employee
shall be compensated at a per diem rate of one and one-half (11%) times their base hourly
rate from the time they report to work until such time as they are released from work by
their supervisor.
C. Approval of Flextime: Flextime must be approved by the appropriate supervisor or
designee before the employee is allowed to change his/her duty hours.
D. Disputes: Disputes concerning personal days and flextime shall follow the Grievance
Procedure through Step 3, at which point, the decision shall be final and binding upon the parties.
E. Emergency Situations: During special times such_ as emergency operations or during
snowstorms, non-essential civilians may be sent home early from work. For these special situations,
those civilians who continue to work the normal work day will not receive additional pay, and those
civilians who are allowed or asked to leave the work day early, will not be deducted any amount from
their normal weekly pay.
SPECIAL PROJECT STIPENDS:
Employees, who are normally ineligible for overtime, may receive a stipend based on special
projects which fall outside of their normal areas of responsibility. The rate will be based _on 1.5 times the
hourly rate of pay. The amount of the stipend allowed per quarterweek will be determined in advance by
the Chief or Deputy Chief of Police.
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