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Orange County Personnel Rules and Regulations Manual Issue Date: / _, 20_ hours work time. Travel time to and from the employee's regular place of work due to a callback is not considered work time. Other travel time due to a callback may be compensable on a case-by-case basis. a. Call back pay must be included in calculating an,employee's regular rate of pay for overtime compensation. b. When an employee who is called back to work, works less than two hours, the time worked is recorded as the actual time worked; the amount of time necessary to make up the differences is considered "paid call back time -not worked" and is not considered in calculating overtime. 2. On Call - An employee who is on call and required to remain at or so near their place of employment such that the employee cannot use their time effectively for their own personal purposes, then the time spent is considered work time. If an employee is required to leave word where he/she can be reached or is required to wear a paging device, but is able to move or travel freely, the time spent is not considered work time. 3. Training -Required attendance at training sessions, workshops, seminars, or other meetings is considered work time regardless of whether it occurs before, during, or after the employee's regular work schedule. 4. Meal Period -When an employee is required or permitted to work during the meal period, the time is considered work time. Travel Time -Ordinary travel to and from work at scheduled work hours is not work time. Travel during the work day is generally included in work time. This includes travel from job site to job site or to meetings. Out-of- town travel as work time depends on circumstances and will be decided on a case-by-case basis. C. Salary -Salary represents an employee's annual predetermined base pay for a standard workweek. For computing overtime pay, the employee's rate of pay is the hourly rate of pay. The hourly rate of pay is obtained by dividing the base annual salary by 2080 hours (52 weeks x 40 hours per week). The regular hourly rate must include all remuneration for employment paid to, or on behalf of, the employee, except payments specifically excluded by the FLSA. Payments that are not excluded and must be included in the hourly rate are: (a) longevity pay and (b) on-call compensation. D. Compensation -Employees shall receive regular pay for actual hours worked in a standard 40-hour workweek, with the provision that an additional amount equal to 1 %z times the employee's regular hourly rate times the number of hours worked in Page 2