CONFIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION (CASA) (2017-2018)

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employees of the City to work overtime or off -shift as he or she shall determine, to protect life and property within the City. 7.10 Applicability of Fair Labor Standards Act. The parties agree that if the applicability of the Fair Labor Standards Act to local governmental entities is eliminated by either legislative orjudicial action, they shall meet and confer regarding any proposed changes to this MOU; however, no such changes shall be made except on mutual agreement. 7,11 Reopener. If, during the term of this MOU, the City modifies the manner in which it pays overtime (pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act), the City and CASA agree to reopen this provision of the MOU and commence discussions regarding the City's modifications to overtime payments. 7.12 Court Appearance. Compensation for court appearance by employees covered by this MOU shall be as follows: A. For each required court appearance made by an employee during his or her off-duty time in regard to City business, the employee shall be paid overtime for the period of time from their arrival at court until they are released from court or the court session closes for that day. However, in no case shall an employee receive less than two (2) hours overtime for a court appearance during his or her off-duty hours. If separate court appearances are made both in the morning and afternoon of a particular day, a minimum of two (2) hours overtime shall be allowed for each session attended. If the employee is not released from a morning session and must remain available for afternoon court, the employee shall be paid overtime for all hours the court is in session that day. The employee must provide a copy of the subpoena requiring his or her attendance to initiate payroll procedures. B. A subpoenaed employee scheduled to appear in court on City business during off-duty time may be placed on standby status by the Department Head or his or her authorized representative if the employee can respond to the court, if called, within 60 minutes of the employee's notification. In the event such off-duty employee is on standby status during any court session and is not required to appear in court, such employee shall be compensated two (2) hours on a straight time basis, for each court session. Such employee may elect, in lieu of paid time, two (2) hours of compensatory time off for standby CONFIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION OF SANTA ANA(CASA) MOU: 2017-2018 Page 29 25H.-33