SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 721 (SEIU) (2015-2017)

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ARTICLE VI 6.0 OVERTIME 61 General olio Qr,-Overtmo Work, When it shall be determined to be in the pobfic interest for employees to perform overtime work, or in an emergency sitralion, the City Manager, the Department Read, or a duly authorized, representative of the City Manager or the Department Head, may require an employee to perform overtime work. 6,2 Definition, Overtime work is defined as Authorized or required time worked in excess of 40 hours in the workweek schedule for a particular classification and organizational unit of an employee. A workweek is a fixed and rogularly recurring period of 168 consecutive hours -- 7 consecutive 24 -hour periods — as designated by the appointing authority. An employee's work schodule within the workweek shall not be changed, to avoid payment of overtime; provided, however, nothing shall abridge management's right to establish and change work schedules and assignments in accordance witi the rights of managoinent contained in Articl,a XX, 6.3 Computation q£ For (40) Hour WorkweAk1 In computing the forty (40) hour workweek, the following type of work hours shall be included in the computation: actual hours worked, jury /witness leave and bereavement leave. Any combination of these hours in excess of forty (40) hours per work week shall entifle the employee to overtime. Work on an observed Holiday which would otherwise be a scheduled day off for the employee will be paid as overtime. Any paid time off during the workweek such as vacation leave, sick leave, holiday leave, President's Leave and Union Business Leave, as well as all unpaid leave including furlough clays shall not be counted towards the hours worked in a workweek for the computation of overtime unless the hours in excess of forty (40) hours in a workweek (including the above listed time) are worked by the employee at the requirement of rnanagennent. For example, an employee working a Monday through Friday work schedule who takes 9 hours of vacation leave on Monday and works his nonnal 31 hours Tuesday through Friday, would not eam overtime for 2 hours he vohu7teared to work extra on Saturday. However, if that same employee had been required by management to work the 2 hcrus on Saturday as opposed to volunteering, the 2 hours would be compensatcd as overtime, 6,4 Compensation fox Overtime, A. The preferable method by which overtime shall be compensated is by monetary payment, at one and one -half (1 1/2) times the employee's regular rate of pay, subject to the provisions of Subsection "C" below. B. Should the Department Head determine that the best interests of the City will be served thereby, he or his designee may permit an employee to be compensated for M. 25A -32