The district compensates overtime for nonexempt employees in accordance with federal wage and hour laws. Only nonexempt employees (hourly employees and paraprofessional employees) are entitled to overtime compensation. Nonexempt employees are not authorized to work beyond their normal work schedule without advance approval from their supervisor.

Overtime is legally defined as all hours worked in excess of 40 hours in a work week and is not measured by the day or by the employee’s regular work schedule. Nonexempt employees that are paid on a salary basis are paid for a 40-hour workweek and do not earn additional pay unless they work more than 40 hours. For the purpose of calculating overtime, a workweek begins at 12:00 a.m., Monday and ends at 11:59 p.m., Sunday.

Employee may be compensated for overtime at time-and-a-half rate with compensatory time off (comp time)or direct pay. The following applies to all nonexempt employees:

• Employees can accumulate up to 60 hours of compensatory time.
• Comp time must be used in the duty year that it is earned.
• Use of comp time my be at the empoyee’s request with supervisor approval as workloard permits.
• An employee may be required to use comp time before using any other available paid leave (e.g., sick, personal, vacation).
• Weekly time records will be maintained on all nonexempt employees for the purpose of wage and salary administration.