HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-12Ordinance 2021-12
Ordinance Amending the Personnel Policy
Concerning Work Periods
WHEREAS, an update to the Personnel Policy was found necessary to integrate the
use of the Department of Labor's criteria for determining the exempt status of positions
thereby determining the work period for some employees;
NOW, THEREFORE be it ORDAINED by the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski,
Virginia sitting in regular session this 20th day of April, 2021, that Section 5
"Compensation Plan", Subsection L "Work Periods" of the Town's personnel manual, is
hereby amended as highlighted in Attachment A -Ordinance 2021-12 affixed hereto and
made part of this ordinance as if set forth herein.
This ordinance is effective upon adoption and is hereby adopted this 20th day of April
2021 by the duly recorded vote of the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia as
follows:
Lane R. Penn
Brooks R. Dawson
Gregory C. East
ATTEST:
David N. Quesenberry
Clerk of Council
-Aye
James A. Radcliffe
-Aye
-Aye
G. Tyler Clontz
-Aye
-Aye
Michael P. Reis
-Aye
THE TOWN OF PULASKI, VIRGINIA
B -C-'
Y. '
W. Shannon Collins
Mayor
Attachment A -Ordinance 2021-12
Section 5: Compensation Plan
Non -Public SafetLAll non-public safety personnel shall be
scheduled on a seven-day calendar workweek from Monday
through Sunday. While general Town operations operate on a
Monday to Friday basis, the Town may schedule employees on any
day and during any time period based on services required .
Overtime pay will be paid to Non -Exempt employees working
greater than 40 hours in a given work period. For purposes of
calculating overtime hours, only vacation leave, holiday leave and
compensatory leave will be counted as time worked.
The Department of Labor's regulations applicable to the Fair Labor
Standards Act establish certain tests to determine whether a position
is exempt from the Act's minimum wage and overtime requirements.
based on salary and job duties. The tests that define exempt classes
of executive, administrative. professional and computer employees
will be used to determine which positions within the Town are
exempt from the wage and overtime provisions of the Fair Labor
Standards Act because they are executives, administrative.
professional or computer employees
M On -Call Pay
Purpose: To provide guidelines to employees and supervisors to
determine when on-call should not be counted as time worked.
Time Not Worked: If an employee is on-call and can be contacted by
phone, cell -phone, pager, or other by means, and their status does
not require them to be confined to their home or any particular
place or if the status does not substantially impact their ability to
perform desired activities, their time on- call will not constitute as
time worked. It is the intent of the Town to structure on-call status in
this fashion.
Time Actually Worked: If an employee is called into work, they
will be compensated based on their current wage for a minimum
of two hours, or initiating at the time the employee begins
traveling to the work assignment and terminating when they are
relieved of duty, whichever is greater.
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Revised 09-04-06