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6.5 No Effect on Other Benefits. Overtime work shall not apply to the earning of employee benefits (retirement, holidays, vacation accrual, sick leave accrual and employee insurance benefits), toward the completion of probationary period, or to progression within salary rate range. 6.6 Overtime Work to be Minimized. To the extent that he or she is reasonably able to do so, the Department Head or his or her designee shall arrange work programs to minimize overtime work. Necessary overtime work shall be apportioned among employees of like classification and assignment. 6.7 Call-Back Duty. Any employee covered by this Agreement who is recalled to active duty from off-duty, shall be entitled to overtime pay at the rate of one and one-half (1 1/2) times the normal hourly pay rate for such employee for time actually worked after reporting to the place of duty, or three (3) hours pay at the normal rate of pay, whichever is greater. 6.8 Declaration of State of Emergency. Upon the occurrence of fire, flood, earthquake, strike, riot or other catastrophe or emergency which directly affects city operations or the welfare of the City's citizens, the City Manager may declare a state of emergency to exist. Upon the declaration of a state of emergency, the City Manager may require any or all regular full-time employees of the City to work overtime or off-shift as he or she shall determine to protect life and property within the City. 6.9 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 or judicial action, they shall meet and confer regarding any proposed changes to this Agreement; however, no such changes shall be made except on mutual agreement. 6.10 Court Appearance. Compensation for court appearance by employees covered by this Agreement 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, said 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. If separate court appearances are made both in the morning and afternoon of a particular day, a minimum of two (2) hours overtime will 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. 32 25F-34