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/~~~I 3 3a <br />ersonnel Rules and Re ulations Manual Issue Date: / , 20_ a <br />Orange County P g _ .- <br />Overtime Compensation <br />I. ORDINANCE <br />In accordance with the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended <br />(hereinafter referred to as "FLSA"), and its implementing regulations, any employee, not <br />exempt, authorized to work in excess of the established forty hour workweek shall be <br />compensated either with time off or pay for the actual hours worked in excess of the forty hour <br />workweek at a rate of one and one-half times the hours actually worked or one and one-half <br />times their regular rate of pay. See Orange County Personnel Ordinance, Article _, Section <br />_, adopted , 20_. <br />II. AUTHORITY <br />The Orange County Personnel Ordinance, Article, Section _ provides that the County <br />Manager will promulgate any rules or regulations necessary to carry out the provision of this <br />section of the Personnel Ordinance. <br />III. RULE <br />The purpose of this rule is to implement and give effect to Article _, Section _ of the <br />Orange County Personnel Ordinance. Overtime Compensation. Overtime is neither desired nor <br />expected on a regular basis. Department Directors shall hold hours worked by employees to the <br />standard 40-hour workweek, except in cases where a greater number of hours of work are <br />required because of an unusual, unscheduled, or emergency or necessary activities make it <br />essential. Department Directors are responsible for the manner in which overtime is authorized, <br />prohibiting unauthorized overtime and ensuring that all employees are compensated for time <br />worked within the requirements of the law. The practice of overtime work will be subject to <br />review by the County Manager. Such review will take into consideration organizational <br />structure, scheduling of work, position complement, and personnel classifications. <br />IV. ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS <br />A. Workweek -The standard workweek is forty hours as defined in Article _, <br />Section _ of the Orange County Personnel Ordinance. <br />B. Work Time -For purposes of this Article, an employee who in a workweek uses <br />paid or non paid leave and actually works forty hours or less in a workweek, shall <br />be paid their regular salary in accordance with established personnel policies. <br />1. Callbacks = When an employee is called back by a Department Director or <br />an authorized representative to perform work, the amount of time that the <br />employee works is considered work time. If actual hours worked do not <br />equal, at least, two hours; the employee is credited with a minimum of two <br />hours work time. Travel time to and from the employee's regular place of <br />Draft May, 4, 2007 Page 1 <br />