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ADMINISTRATIVE <br />POLICY <br />MANUAL <br />SECTION <br />HUMAN <br />RESOURCES <br />NUMBER <br />AM -301.3 <br />EFFECTIVE DATE <br />1/08/2019 <br />SUBJECT <br />OVERTIME <br />PAGE <br />1 of 2 <br />It is the policy of the County not to work employees beyond the regularly scheduled work week <br />unless conditions warrant. This policy will be governed by applicable Fair Labor Standards Act <br />regulations for Public and Public Safety employees. <br />1. All full-time employees normally work a standard number of hours each week, as <br />described in unit HOURS OF WORK, AM -208.1. The standard number of hours are <br />determined based on the position type and budgeted hours. <br />2. Management may schedule overtime beyond the standard budgeted work week hours <br />when it is in the best interest of the County and is the most practical and economical way <br />of meeting workloads or deadlines. An employee must receive prior approval from the <br />supervisor prior to working additional hours. Employees are not authorized to work <br />additional hours without prior approval. <br />3. Employees will be required to work overtime when requested by management unless <br />excused by management. The County will attempt to provide advance notice of the need <br />to work overtime. There may be instances where advance notice cannot be provided. <br />Employees may volunteer to work overtime and should communicate that interest to their <br />supervisors. Overtime will only be scheduled for those employees fully qualified to <br />perform the work required. All other factors being the same, seniority may be used as a <br />selection factor. In most work units, efforts will be made to equalize overtime among <br />employees who are similarly classified. <br />4. Employees who are subject to the minimum wage and overtime provisions of the Fair <br />Labor Standards Act are referred to as "nonexempt," meaning not exempt from that law. <br />Those who are "nonexempt" are eligible for overtime pay at one and one-half times their <br />pay rate for hours worked beyond (40) forty in one week. Non-exempt employees whose <br />standard number of hours each week is less than (40) forty, will receive straight time for <br />overtime hours worked that are excess of the standard hours and do not exceed (40) forty <br />hours in one week. Non-exempt employees are classified in the "L", "M", "N", and "S" <br />groups as discussed in the unit PAYROLL/SALARY ADMINISTRATION, AM -301.1. <br />Employees who are "exempt" are not eligible for overtime pay and these employees are <br />classified in the "A" and "E" groups in the salary administration unit. During a declared <br />emergency, additional compensation may be paid to "exempt" employees, as approved <br />by the County Administrator, at a rate not to exceed the employee's hourly salary as used <br />for the purpose of payroll calculations as identified in number 8 below. <br />5. When computing overtime compensation, vacation, holidays, bereavement leave, jury <br />duty, paid emergency leave during a declared emergency, and military leave shall be <br />133 <br />