COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 960647
Amending Article VIII of the Administrative Code of
Kansas City, Missouri relating to the Classification and Compensation Plan, by
repealing Section 2-1088 and enacting in lieu thereof a new section of like
number and subject matter which changes the manner in which exempt employees
are compensated for certain overtime.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That Article VIII of the Administrative
Code of Kansas City, Missouri, is hereby amended by repealing Section 2-1088,
relating to the Classification and Compensation Plan and enacting in lieu
thereof the following section:
Sec. 2-1088. Overtime and compensatory time.
All overtime or arrangements for overtime work by
city employees shall be approved in advance by the department head. Any
employee assigned to perform overtime work in excess of the applicable standard
workday or standard workweek will be compensated as follows:
(1) Employees allocated to classes that are covered
under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) shall be paid for overtime
work at the rate of time and one-half the straight
hourly equivalent rate for the assigned
position classification. Hours worked in
excess of 16 in any day or on the seventh
consecutive day of the employee's work
week will be compensated at twice the regularly
assigned straight time hourly rate.
Employees allocated to classes within an exempt
executive, administrative or
professional group or a noncovered group shall
not be paid for overtime work, and
are not eligible to earn compensatory time.
a. Whenever an employee qualified for
overtime is called back on an emergency
to work after the employee's regular
working hours and after the employee
has left the employee's last work site,
the minimum overtime payment or the
minimum compensatory time credit shall be
for four hours of work at the rate
of time and one-half.
b. Employees may be granted equivalent
compensatory time off in lieu of cash
compensation for overtime worked, subject
to the following conditions:
1. Compensatory time may be earned and
must be used during the fiscal
year. Maximum accumulation of
compensatory time is 240 hours,
such accumulation being determined by
multiplying the overtime
hours worked by the appropriate
factor or combination of factors until
the 240 hour maximum is reached. The
factor for time and one-half
is 1 ; that for double time is 2.
2. In that no cash payout of the
accumulated compensatory time is
intended, all scheduled use of the
accumulated time must be
completed by the end of the fiscal
year. Employees may use
accumulated compensatory time within
a reasonable period after
request if such use does not unduly
disrupt the operations of the city.
While generally the choice of the use
of accumulated compensatory
time will be mutually agreed upon by
the employee and the
supervisor, in the event of a
conflict, work schedule demands will
prevail.
(2) Employees exempt from the FLSA in salary grades
M-30 and below may be granted a bonus of $250.00 for performing their
duties under a declared emergency situation
or situations that the City Manager deems as
immediately essential to the operation
of City government. This provision will apply
only when hours worked are in excess
of 55 in a workweek and conditions do not allow
the employee to take equivalent
time off. The manager requesting the
utilization of this policy must provide a written
request documenting the necessity for the
payment of the bonus to the exempt
employee. Such payment shall be at the
recommendation of the department head and
will require the approval of the City Manager.
Employees exempt from the FLSA in salary grades
M-31 to M-35 may be granted
a bonus of $400.00 for performing their duties
under a declared emergency situation
or situations that the City Manager deems as
immediately essential to the operation
of City government. This provision will apply
only when hours worked are in excess
of 55 in a workweek and conditions do not allow
the employee to take equivalent
time off. The manager requesting the
utilization of this policy must provide a written
request documenting the necessity for the
payment of the bonus to the exempt
employee. Such payment shall be at the
recommendation of the department head and
will require the approval of the City Manager.
(3) Employees allocated to classes covered by the
provisions of the work agreement between the city and Local
500--American Federation of State, County and
Municipal Employees shall be compensated in
accordance with the provisions of the
work agreement in effect.
(4) Employees allocated to classes covered by the
provisions of the work agreement between the city and Local
42--International Association of Fire Fighters shall be
compensated in accordance with the provisions
of the work agreement in effect.
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Approved as to form and
legality:
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Assistant City Attorney