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C. Employees who are called at home and offered voluntary overtime work, and elect to accept the offer, will not be compensated for travel time in any manner. Similarly, employees who sign up for voluntary overtime, or who have advance notice that they will have to work during their off-duty time on an overtime basis, will not be compensated for travel time. 8.12 Accrued Overtime Paid Upon Promotions or Upon Separation. Upon an employee's appointment to a position in which overtime may not be earned or upon an employee's separation from employment with the City by resignation, retirement, layoff or otherwise, he or she shall forthwith be compensated for any overtime accumulated to the time immediately preceding such promotion or separation, 8.13 Court Ap ep arance. Compensation for court appearance by personnel 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, employees 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. Ifowever, in no case, shall an employee receive less than two (2) hours overtime for a court appearance. If court appearances are made both in the morning and afternoon of a particular day, two (2) hours overtime will be allowed for each session attended. If the employee is not released 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 stand-by status by the Police Chief or his 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 stand-by status during any court session and is not required to appear in court, such employees 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 comp time off for standby time and not appearing in court, with the approval of the Police Chief. If such off-duty employee on stand-by actually appears in court, he or she shall be compensated as provided in Subsection A, supra. C. Employees assigned to the 3/12.5 or 7/12.5 Work Schedule who appear in court during their regularly scheduled workweek, and as a result do not receive adequate rest, will be allowed to flex their scheduled shift start time up to four hours, with the approval of the employee's immediate supervisor and watch commander, or immediate supervisor and section commander. Alternatively, the employee may be allowed to use up to four hours from his/her "Comp Time Banks" at the beginning of their scheduled shift to ensure adequate rest. 32