[Ord. No. 10516, 9-20-2018; Ord. No. 10681, 9-3-2020; Ord. No. 10776, 10-6-2022; Ord. No. 10803, 4-20-2023]
(All City employees except Fire and Police Department Personnel,
unless otherwise indicated.)
a.
Applicability. Unless exempt under wage and hour laws, all employees
will be compensated at the rate of 1 1/2 times the number of hours
actually worked in excess of 40 per week. Approved accrued comp time
use and paid vacation leave, paid holiday leave and paid funeral leave
will be considered hours worked for purposes of overtime compensation.
Other hours worked beyond those regularly scheduled may be paid at
an overtime rate as determined by City policy as recommended by the
Chief Administrative Officer and approved by the City Council. Any
such overtime payments in excess of those required by law may be discontinued
at any time at the discretion of the City Council.
b.
Compensation on Sunday. Compensation for work on a Sunday, unless
the Sunday is part of the employee's scheduled work week, shall be
paid at the rate of two times the employee's hourly rate.
c.
Compensation on Designated Holidays. Employees scheduled to work
on a designated holiday shall be paid at straight time for all hours
worked during their regularly scheduled shift on that holiday and
shall also receive holiday pay which is equivalent to the standard
rate of pay for one single shift of work.
Work beyond the normally scheduled shift on a holiday shall
be compensated at the rate of 1 1/2 times the employee's hourly rate.
Employees who are not scheduled to work a designated City holiday
and are called to work on that holiday, shall be paid at the rate
of 1 1/2 times the employee's hourly rate for all hours worked. Such
compensation shall be in addition to regular pay received for the
holiday.
d.
Call-Outs. If an employee is called to work outside of a normally
scheduled workday, or is called back to work after having completed
a regularly scheduled work day, the minimum time for which compensation
will be made will be two hours. Subject to written approval from the
Chief Administrative Officer of the City, any Department Head of the
City may adopt particular call-out policies and procedures within
a City Department, including but not limited to scheduling, compensation
for driving time for call-outs and paid or unpaid meal periods during
call-outs, so long as any such Department call-out policies and procedures
do not conflict with any specific provisions of these Personnel Rules
and Regulations.
e.
Compensatory Time. (Applicable to all City employees, including Fire
and Police Department Personnel). At the discretion of the Department
Head, compensatory time ("comp time") may be earned and used in lieu
of overtime pay. In such circumstances, comp time shall be earned
at the rate of 1 1/2 hours for each hour of overtime worked, except
that for overtime worked on a Sunday it shall be earned at the rate
of two times. The Department Head shall have authority to limit the
maximum accrual of comp time; provided, however, no employee shall
be permitted to accrue more than 80 hours of comp time, except that
law enforcement and fire protection personnel shall not be permitted
to accrue more than 120 hours of comp time. Approved accrued compensatory
time used shall count as "hours worked" for purposes of any overtime
calculation.
[Ord. No. 10516, 9-20-2018; Ord. No. 10776, 10-6-2022; Ord. No. 10803, 4-20-2023]
a.
Work Week. Unless otherwise designated in writing, the work week
of the Fire Department for ranks below Assistant Chief/Fire Marshal
and Deputy Chief/CMO (Chief Medical Officer) shall be 56 hours per
week averaged over a 28-day work cycle. Hourly rates of pay shall
be calculated based upon a 56-hour week.
b.
Holiday Pay. Fire personnel shall be paid for each City holiday occurring
during the course of their employment. Holiday pay shall be equal
to 12.0 hours at the regular hourly rate of pay. This pay shall be
in addition to regular pay.
c.
Call-In. The calculation of rate of pay for those employees working
the call-in period shall be determined in accordance with actual hours
worked during the work period. Those employees whose actual hours
worked do not exceed the regularly scheduled hours shall be entitled
to straight time pay. For those hours actually worked in excess of
the regularly scheduled hours, the employees shall be entitled to
1 1/2 times their hourly rate of pay.
d.
Hours worked in excess of Regular Tour of Duty. All continuous hours
worked in excess of the normal 48-hour tour of duty (or any change
to the hours constituting the normal tour of duty) shall be paid at
the rate of 1 1/2 times the regular hourly rate.
e.
Sick Leave/Vacation Bonus. Fire personnel scheduled in accordance
with the 28-day work cycle shall accrue and use sick leave in accordance
with City policy and practice. Provided, however, an employee that
does not utilize sick leave during the calendar year will be given
one additional 24 hour shift of vacation time the following January
1st. This bonus vacation day is earned annually and must be re-earned
each calendar year.
[Ord. No. 10516, 9-20-2018; Ord. No. 10776, 10-6-2022; Ord. No. 10803, 4-20-2023]
a.
The work period (or "work cycle") for law enforcement personnel shall
be established by the Chief of Police within the parameters and limits
allowed under the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act and any applicable
Missouri Statutory provisions governing work cycles for law enforcement
personnel. Effective January 1, 2018, the work cycles for commissioned
law enforcement personnel include work cycles of 15 days, 14 days
and seven days depending upon the division assignment within the Police
Department, such as a 14-day work cycle for the patrol division, 7-day
work cycle for the investigative division and a 15-day work cycle
for the traffic unit division. The Chief of Police shall review any
work cycle modifications with the Chief Administrative Officer prior
to implementing any work cycle changes for commissioned law enforcement
personnel subject to a rotating work schedule. Non-commissioned personnel
of the Police Department, such as dispatchers, shall be subject to
the standard 7-day work week of the City.
b.
Commissioned law enforcement personnel subject to a rotating work
schedule and work cycle of 14 days shall accrue compensatory time
("comp time") for the first four hours worked beyond 80 during each 14-day
work cycle. For any hours worked beyond 84 during any 14-day work
cycle, such law enforcement personnel will receive payment of overtime
at 1 1/2 times the regular rate of pay for 1/2 of the hours over 84
and accrual of comp time at the rate of 1.5 hours for the other 1/2
amount of hours worked over 84 or, at the choice of the individual
law enforcement officer, accrual of comp time at 1.5 times all hours
worked over 84 (subject to a cumulative comp time maximum of 120 hours).
Commissioned law enforcement personnel subject to a rotating work
schedule and work cycle of 15 days will receive payment of overtime
at 1 1/2 times the regular rate of pay for 1/2 of the hours over 85
and accrual of comp time at the rate of 1.5 hours for the other 1/2
amount of hours worked over 85 or, at the choice of the individual
law enforcement officer, accrual of comp time at 1.5 times all hours
worked over 85, subject to a cumulative comp time maximum of 120 hours.
Law enforcement personnel of the Police Department with a 7-day work
cycle shall be paid overtime or accrue comp time after working any
hours beyond 40 during a 7-day work cycle, at the rate of 1.5 times
the regular rate of compensation or comp time accrual at 1.5 times
all hours worked over 40 during such 7-day work cycle.
c.
Approved accrued comp time use, paid vacation leave, paid funeral
leave, authorized City holidays and any paid leave days in lieu of
holiday leave shall be considered "hours worked" for purposes of any
overtime calculation. Hours worked on a Sunday, unless the Sunday
is part of the employee's scheduled work week or work cycle, shall
be paid at the rate of two times the employee's regular or hourly
rate. Employees scheduled to work on a designated or authorized City
holiday, other than commissioned law enforcement officers subject
to a rotating work schedule, shall be paid at straight time for hours
worked during their regularly scheduled shift on that holiday and
shall also receive holiday pay which is equivalent to the regular
rate of pay for eight hours of work. Hours of work on a scheduled
day off (other than Sunday) or beyond the normally scheduled shift
on a holiday shall be compensated at the rate of 1 1/2 times the employee's
regular, hourly rate. Employees who are not scheduled to work on a
designated or authorized City holiday and are called to work on that
holiday, shall be paid at the rate of 1 1/2 times the employee's regular,
hourly rate for all hours worked. Such overtime compensation shall
be in addition to regular pay received for that holiday. If an employee
is called to work outside of a normally scheduled work day, or is
called back to work after having completed a regularly scheduled work
day, the minimum time for which compensation will be made will be
three hours.
[Ord. No. 10516, 9-20-2018; Ord. No. 10776, 10-6-2022; Ord. No. 10803, 4-20-2023]
In the event police or fire personnel substitute with another
employee, the "traded time" will be deemed to have no effect on hours
of work of the substituting employee and shall be credited to the
employee who was originally scheduled to work, if the following criteria
is met:
(i)
The trading of time is done voluntarily by the employees participating
in the program and not at the behest of the employer; and
(ii)
The reason for trading time is due, not to the employer's business
operations, but to the employee's desire or need to tend to personal
matters; and
(iii)
A record is maintained by the Department Head of all time traded
by his or her employees; and
(iv)
The period during which the time is traded and paid back does
not exceed 12 months.
[Ord. No. 10516, 9-20-2018; Ord. No. 10776, 10-6-2022; Ord. No. 10803, 4-20-2023]
For any temporary assignment of job duties or job position within
a department, an employee may be compensated at a rate of pay other
than the employee's regular rate of pay while performing such a temporary
assignment. Any such pay differential shall be consistent with the
temporary job duties performed and shall be paid at the discretion
of the Department Head, subject to written approval by the Chief Administrative
Officer.
