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I June <br /> 6, tgB$ <br /> <br />Page 3 <br /> <br />Bo&rd of Commissioners <br /> <br />"Houri worked" includes any time worked before or after the regular ehift, and <br />any time spent on work away from the off lee. Time spent In ,hanging Into <br />uniforms, or in attending work-related lectures end courses may have to be <br />eounted towards hours worked depending on the eireunutanees. <br /> <br />d, "Hours worked" includes all breaks with the exoeption of a meet period of <br /> hour or longer duration during which the employee is totally reUeved from <br /> work. If an employee eats lunch at bis desk so that he eon answer the phone if <br /> It rings, or greet visitors, he must be paid for that Ume, .even J~ the phone <br /> doesn't ring. <br /> <br /> I (l) [f the employee onZy takes ~5 minutes for lufleh he must be paid for <br /> the entire time. <br /> <br /> (2) Non-meet breaks must be paid for, even if they extend to 30 <br />I or greater. <br /> minutes <br /> <br /> i 3. Determining the "workweek" - 29 C.£.R~ SS?78.104-.105 <br /> <br /> e. A workweek is a fixed and regularly recurring period of 168 hours--seven <br />I co~eeutive 24-hour periods. <br /> b. Eaoh workweek stands alone for p~Doses of determining overUme regardless <br /> of whether an employee is paid on some other basis. <br />I e. Averaging o! hours over two or more weeks is not permitted. <br /> <br />i 4. Computing overtime pay- 29 C.F.R. Part 7?8 <br /> a. Overtime must be paid for aU hours over 40 worked in & workweek. If an <br /> employee works Monday through Thursday, tsk~y off as a hoUday, and <br /> works Saturday, no overUme payment is required since actual hours worked <br /> are not greater than 40 hours. <br /> <br />No overtime pay is required for work in ex, ess of 8 hours a day, or for work on <br />a hoUday unless such work results in greater than a 40 hour week. <br /> <br />Compematory time in lieu of paid overtime is not authorized except under <br />very Umited circumstances. <br /> <br />Two ways to compute: <br /> <br />(]) <br /> <br />Overtime must be paid at a rate of at least time and one-half the <br />regular rate for each hour worked in a work week in ex.ess of the <br />allowable maximum, ~tegular pay rate includes aU compensation <br />except specific statutory exceptions such as sums paid as gifts and <br />irrevocable contributions for various employee benefit plans, <br /> <br /> <br />