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SUBJECT: HOURS OF WORK AND OVERTIME/COMPENSATORY TIME REVISED: 7.40 PAGE 2 of 3 2 o departures or late arrivals during the course of the normal work day. Overtime and Compensatory Time Ail 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 Department, overtime shall be defined as all hours worked in excess of 171 hours within a 28 day cycle. 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. Ail 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 employee 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 employee to take compensatory time for all overtime hours worked at a rate of one and one-half hours for each hour of overtime worked. Each employee shall select a method of compensation in January of cach calcndar ycar 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. SUGGESTED MOTION: Move to ratify Personnel Overview Committee actions of January 20, 2004, regarding Personnel Policy Manual revisions to Section 2.60, Fleet Vehicle Policy, and Section 7.40, Hours of Work and Overtime/Compensatory Time.