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27 <br /> dered absence without leave, and deduction of pay <br /> shall be made for period of absence. <br /> 2.7 Three (3) consecutive working days of absence <br /> without authorized leave may be considered by the <br /> department head as a resignation from County <br /> service. Employees in such cases will be dropped <br /> from the payroll and terminated. <br /> 2.8 The County customarily allows two fifteen (15) <br /> minute break periods during a regular eight-hour <br /> work schedule. The first mid-morning and the <br /> second mid-afternoon. <br /> 2.8. 1 The supervisor schedules break periods . <br /> according to the needs of the department. <br /> 2.8.2 A break period may not be used to extend a <br /> lunch hour. <br /> 2.8.3 Break periods may not be used as "leave" or <br /> to offset absences during scheduled work <br /> time. <br /> 2.8.4 Break periods are considered as Hours <br /> Worked when completing the Employee Time <br /> Sheet. <br /> 2.9 One hour is the customary length of a meal period <br /> for full-time or part-time employees working more <br /> than a four-hour daily work schedule. <br /> 3.0 OVERTIME AND COMPENSATORY LEAVE <br /> 3. 1 Supervisors shall arrange the work schedules of <br /> their employees so as to accomplish the required <br /> work within the standard work day. Overtime work <br /> shall be considered work performed by an employee <br /> which exceeds the established work week of the <br /> employee. <br /> 3.2 Sick leave, annual leave, petty leave, leave <br /> without pay, or holidays does not count when <br /> computing hours worked in a particular work week. <br /> 3.3 Overtime work must be approved by and directed by <br /> the department head or the authorized representa- <br /> tive of the department head. Unapproved work <br /> performed during non-work hours, including time <br /> prior to the start of the work day, during the <br /> lunch period, and after the work day has concluded <br /> - including taking work home, is not considered <br /> overtime. <br /> 3. 4 Overtime opportunities will be distributed as <br /> equally as practicable among qualified employees <br /> in the same job classification, department and <br /> shift without regard to age, sex, race, color, <br />