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Sponsored by: Jones
Introduction Date: 09/26/94
Public Hearing Date: 10110/94
CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
ORDINANCE NO. 94-33
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA, AMENDING SEWARD CITY CODE
~ 3.15.040 AND ~ 3.15.060, OVERTIME
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA HEREBY
ORDAINS that:
Section 1. Seward City Code 9 3.15.040 A. is hereby amended to read as follows:
3.15.040 Rerzular vart-time emvlovment.
A. Regular part-time employees who are not exempt from the overtime
requirements of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act shall be compensated on an
hourly basis equivalent to the hourly rate established for the regular full-time
employment at Step "A" of the pay range for the actual number of hours worked
in each payroll period. Initial salaries for regular part-time employees who are
exempt from the overtime requirements of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act
shall be based on the hourly rate established for the regular full-time employment
at Step "A" of the pay range multiplied by 2,080 and prorated to reflect the
employee's part-time status. (E.g., assuming Step "A" of the applicable pay range
is $10 per hour, an exempt employee's salary for working half-time would be
equal to $10 x 2,080 x 0.5 regardless of the actual number of hours worked.
Appointments shall be in probationary status and a probationary pay increase
shall be awarded, if earned, when the hours worked have a cumulative total of
1.040 hours, which is equivalent to a six-month probationary step increase as set
forth in i 3.15.035.
Section 2. Seward City Code 9 3.15.060 is hereby amended to read as follows:
3.15.060 Overtime.
A. Generallv. Overtime compensation will be paid to all employees
except for those in probationary, regular or acting positions determined to be
exempt from the overtime requirements of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
Overtime hours shall be paid at time and one-half and shall be paid in accordance
with the applicable provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
Employees who are not exempt from the overtime requirements of the federal Fair
Labor Standards Act and who are requested to work overtime shall be paid at time
and one-half for overtime hours. Employees who are requested to work on a
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holiday shall be paid at time and one-half for all hours worked on such holiday
in addition to holiday pay under Chapter 3.50.
B. Avvroval of overtime work. All overtime worked must have the
approval of the department head concerned prior to its performance, except in
cases of emergency which preclude such prior arrangements, and shall be paid in
accordance with applicable federal and state laws. The department foreman or
other person in charge of providing emergency service shall see that the overtime
hours are properly recorded. The department head shall review the record and
certifY to the finance department any overtime approved for payment as soon as
practical thereafter.
C. Overtime vav for volice officers. Police officers who are not exempt
from the overtime requirements of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, when
required to attend a court session while not on regular duty, shall be entitled to
overtime pay.
D. Excevtions for shift rotation. An exception to overtime pay for work
over eight hours in a twenty-four hour period is that due to shift rotation, provided
there has been off-time of at least eight hours between shifts.
E. Shift differential. Shift differential compensation applies to all
employees of the City of Seward who are not exempt from the overtime require-
ments of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act on the following bases:
I. Swing shift. The employee who is assigned to swing shifts
shall receive two and one-half percent additional pay to his regular salary for the
period he serves on swing shift. The term "swing shift" is defined as the hours
from 4:00 p.m. until midnight.
2. Gravevard shift. The employee who is assigned to graveyard
shifts shall receive five percent additional pay to his regular salary for the period
he serves on graveyard shift. The term "graveyard shift" is defined as the hours
from midnight until 8:00 a.m.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect ten (10) days following its enactment.
ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA, this
10th day of October, 1994.
THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
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Dave W. Crane
Mayor
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CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
ORDINANCE NO. 94-33
AYES:
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ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST:
Anderson, Crane, Darling, Deeter, O'Brien
King, Sieminski
None
None
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Wohlforth, Argetsinger, Johnson & Brecht,
Attorneys for the city of Seward, Alaska
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City Attorney
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