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6.4 Payroll Deductions Certain deductions from your earnings, such as federal and state income taxes and social security taxes, are required by law. These deductions will be identified on your check stub. The amount of these required deductions may change since they are affected by changes in the amount earned, and in the case of income tax, they are affected by changes in your number of dependents. Monies earned during a two (2) week pay period, cannot be divided into two payroll checks. The tax law states that all monies earned or paid during any given week must be taxed accordingly. 6.5 Lunch Periods and Breaks When working under conditions where a break period is practicable, all hourly employees are entitled to two (2) 15 minute breaks with pay per eight (8) hour shift at times designated by the supervisor. Most employees also receive a thirty (30) minute lunch period during each eight hour work day. With the exception of patrol officers, employees are not compensated during the lunch period. 6.6 Overtime/Compensatory Time Off Overtime for non-exempt, non -union employees Non-exempt, non -union employees will be paid overtime compensation for all hours worked in excess of forty (40) hours per work week at a rate of one and one-half times the regular rate of pay. Paid holidays, vacation leave, and sick leave are considered time worked for the purposes of calculating overtime hours. Overtime pay will not be paid for time not worked. Exempt employees, as defined by the Fair Labor Standards Act, are not entitled to overtime pay. Compensatory time off for non-exempt, non -union employees Non-exempt, non -union employees will be allowed to take compensatory time off in lieu of receiving over time compensation. Compensatory time off is computed at a rate of one and one- half times the hours worked in excess of the forty (40) hour work week. Accrued compensatory time off shall not exceed 40 hours at any time. Once an employee has accrued 40 hours of compensatory time off, compensation for additional hours worked must be paid in cash. (Beginning December 31, 2003, the City will cash out compensatory time off balances in excess of 40 hours. Employees who have not reached forty hours of banked compensatory time off must remain at or below forty hours.) Accrued compensatory time off may be used with prior approval from the employee's Depatttnent Head. Upon an employee's separation from the City, there will be a pay -out of accrued and unused compensatory time off at the then current hourly rate of pay. Exempt employees, as defined by the Fair Labor Standards Act, are not entitled to compensatory time off.