a. Personnel policy amended-overtime/comp time

SUBJECT: HOURS OF WORK AND OVERTIME/COMPENSATORY TIME 7.40 REVISED: July 2, 2012 PAGE 2 of 3 departures or late arrivals during the course of the normal work day. If breaks are used to conduct non-work related activities away from the employer' s premises, no workers compensation coverage is available. 2 . Overtime and Compensatory Time All non-exempt employees shall be eligible for overtime compensation. Department heads will have the authority to handle overtime within the allotted budget and within the policies adopted by the Commission. Overtime shall be defined as all hours worked in excess of forty (40) per week. For personnel engaged in law enforcement activities in the Sheriff ' s Office, overtime shall be defined as either all hours worked in excess of 171 hours within a 28-day cycle or 139 hours within a 24-day cycle. The 24-day cycle is only in effect for patrol officers in the Sheriff' s Office . Changes in the length of the cycle will require a commission approved policy change. All off duty time for which an employee is paid is not considered as "time worked" . Time spent in training, up to a maximum of eight (8) hours per day and required by management is considered as time worked. Travel to and from such required training or any other time outside of the core training activity(s) will not be considered as compensable by the County unless time spent in traveling occurs during normal working hours on non-working days (Saturday, Sunday, and holidays) as well as on regular working days. All overtime must be approved by the department head and plan for compensation made prior to accrual whenever possible. Overtime shall be paid, at the discretion of the Impl=ycc department head by either: 1) paying the employee time and one-half his or her regular rate of pay for all overtime hours, or 2) permitting the cmploycc department heads may allow employees to take compensatory time for all overtime hours worked at a rate of one and one-half hours for each hour of overtime worked. If compensatory time is permitted by the department head, each employee shall select a method of compensation at the time of their initial employment, which will stay in effect until a new authorization is submitted by the employee and department head. The change can only be made in January of any given year. Compensation will default to payment if no election is made. County employees may accrue up to a maximum of 12 hours of compensatory time (accrual at time and one-half equals 18 total compensable hours) . Any hours earned in excess of these maximum limits must be paid as overtime.