Upon prior approval and at the sole discretion of the Chief or his designee, employees may
exchange shifts, provided that both employees involved submit a signed written request no less
than two (2) weeks prior to the date the exchange is to be effective; although, this time limit may
be waived at the discretion of the Chief or designee.
All such exchanges shall be limited to employees of equal rank.
ARTICLE 24
OVERTIME
An employee shall be paid one and one-half times his regular pay for all hours worked in excess
of eight (8) hours during his regularly scheduled tour of duty.
TIME WORKED:
The following types of leave are all considered time worked for the purpose of calculating
overtime.
Admin Leave w/Pay Bereavement Day Owed Holiday
Jury Duty Military Leave Personal Day from Sick Personal Day NOT from Sick
Personal Time Regular Duty Sick - Excused Sick Emergency Leave
Sick Family Member Sick Time Sick — Sick Bank Special Assignment
Special Personal Suspended Swap off Swap Off Self
Day w/Pay
Time Coming Taken Train Off Trainee Training Instructor
Training Order Not Vacation Training Order Vacation Emergency Leave
OT Traveling
WC Light Duty WC Pending
Duty Callback Overtime:
Except as provided below, if an employee is called back to duty from off duty status, he shall be
paid a minimum of three (3) hours at time and one-half except where such three (3) hours
minimum overlaps the employee's regularly scheduled tour of duty.
Employees shall be compensated for thirty (30) minutes preparation time at time and one-half
the regular rate of pay only when the call to report back is within two (2) hours of the time required
for reporting to duty and the actual time worked is three (3) hours or more.
A. When actual time worked is less than three (3) hours, preparation time will not be
compensated.
B. “Duty Callback overtime” does not cover court time, training, ALS hearings, other
administrative hearings, or similar events.
C. Compensation for “preparation time” does not include travel time or mileage
reimbursement.
