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29 <br />alcohol or use any substance that will affect their ability to return to work. <br />Being on call does not constitute hours worked since employees are off-duty <br />and permitted to engage in personal pursuits. <br /> <br />Employees are required to respond to a phone call as quickly as possible. Upon <br />responding, the employee will be instructed as to whether they are required to <br />return to work (it is possible that the issue could be resolved by talking to the <br />employee on the phone or using a computer to resolve the issue) and if so, will <br />be informed of the location to which they must respond. Response time will <br />generally be the employee’s normal commute time and any additional minimal <br />time necessary to get ready to return to work. <br /> <br />B. Employees who are ordered back to work while off-duty because of an emergency <br />or other unforeseen event will be paid for travel time at the overtime rate from the <br />time they leave their home until they return home, or until their regularly scheduled <br />shift begins. Only that period of time devoted to work will be compensated. <br /> <br />C. Employees who are called at home and offered voluntary overtime work, and elect <br />to accept the offer, will not be compensated for travel time in any manner. <br />Similarly, employees who sign up for voluntary overtime, or who have advance <br />notice that they will have to work during their off-duty time on an overtime basis, <br />will not be compensated for travel time. <br /> <br />8.11 Accrued Compensatory Time Off Paid Upon Promotions or Upon Separation. Upon an <br />employee's appointment to a position in which overtime may not be earned or upon an <br />employee's separation from employment with the City they shall be compensated for <br />accrued compensatory time on the next payday. <br /> <br />8.12 Court Appearance. Compensation for court appearance shall be as follows: <br /> <br />A. For each required court appearance made by an employee during their off-duty time <br />regarding City business, employees shall be paid overtime for the period of time <br />from their arrival at court until they are released from court or the court session <br />closes for that day. However, in no case, shall an employee receive less than two <br />(2) hours overtime for a court appearance. If court appearances are made both in <br />the morning and afternoon of a particular day, the employee shall receive a <br />minimum of two (2) hours overtime for each session attended.. Employees who <br />appear in court in the morning and are required to stay until through the court’s <br />meal break into the afternoon session will be considered to be in paid status during <br />the court’s meal break. <br /> <br />The employee must provide a copy of the subpoena requiring their attendance to <br />initiate payroll procedures. <br /> <br />B. A subpoenaed employee scheduled to appear in court on City business during off- <br />duty time may be placed on on-call status by the Police Chief or their authorized <br />representative if the employee can respond to the court, if called, within 60 minutes <br />of the employee’s notification. In the event such off-duty employee is on on-call