ARTICLE 24 WAGE AND HOUR The City has elected to utilize the 207(K) (also referred to as “7(K)”) option for all or some certified law enforcement employees. Members are required to submit accurate and complete time entries on forms, or a platform provided by the City. Time entries shall cover a 14-day period and shall include time in and out each day. Falsification of these records shall be cause for discipline up to and including termination. 1.
For record purposes, a workweek shall begin at 0001 each Saturday and end at 2400 hours the following Friday. An assigned work schedule is defined as the schedule an officer is assigned to work and expected to be present for barring an exigent operational or personal circumstance that would require the need for schedule alteration, flexing, overtime, call out, etc.
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A normal workday is defined as the hours an officer works pursuant to their assigned work schedule. A pay period is defined as a 14-day period of 80-hours that coincides with the City’s established payroll calendar, in accordance with the FLSA 207(k) option applicable to certified, law enforcement officers.
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All hours worked shall be rounded to the nearest quarter of an hour, as follows: MINUTES WORKED TIME CHARGED or LEAVE USED MINUTES HOURS ____________________________________________________________ 0-7 00 .00 8-22 15 .25 23-37 30 .50 38-52 45 .75 53-60 60 1.00
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Overtime is defined as all hours worked in excess of the Member’s normal workday. Unless otherwise provided for in this Article, overtime is paid in accordance with Paragraph 3, above. In the event a member utilizes leave of any type to account for absence during their normal workday and they are mandated to report for duty for any reason during the hours in which they are utilizing accrued leave, overtime hours cannot be earned. Additionally, overtime may not be earned for any off-shift detail worked during a member’s normal workday without the consent of the Chief of Police or designee.
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For members who are designated on-call by the Chief of Police or their designee, each incident of call-out to perform an on-call activity outside of that Member’s normal workday will result in the Member being credited with a minimum of three (3) hours of overtime or compensatory time, provided the member was not on-duty at the point in which the call-out occurred.
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