§ 2-245. Premium pay.


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  • (a) Holiday premium. If an employee is required to work on a designated holiday, the employee shall be paid holiday premium pay for up to eight (8) hours worked at time and one-half (1½) in addition to holiday pay. Comp time may be substituted for holiday premium pay at the rate of time and one-half (1½). If an employee is absent on both the day before and day after a holiday, he shall be ineligible for holiday premium pay or comp time.

    (b) Pager premium. Employees assigned to pager duty will receive one (1) hour pay at time and one-half (1½) for each twenty-four (24) hour period if that period of pager duty is on a week day. Employees assigned to pager duty will receive one and one-half (½) hour of pay at time and one-half (1½) for each twenty-four (24) hour period if that period of pager duty is on a weekend or holiday.

    (c) Call-out premium. Employees not on pager duty will receive a minimum of two (2) hours overtime pay when called out or called back to work after regular working hours. Supervisors will ensure that employees are called out on an emergency basis only and that no more employees are called out than are needed to resolve the emergency.

(Ord. No. 94-18, § 1, 9-20-94)