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34 January 2020 rest time, all hours worked by the worker on the next scheduled shift shall be paid at one and one half times the worker’s base rate of pay. It is the employee’s responsibility to notify the supervisor and obtain approval prior to taking the rest time. It is also the employee’s responsibility to take the nightwork rest time if it is approved by the supervisor. The employee’s failure to take approved nightwork rest time shall result in forfeit ure of such rest time. Nightwork rest time does not apply and is not paid in connection with travel or training time away from the regular workplace. 35. TRAVEL AND TRAINING TIME Employees are paid for time spent in training related to their position with the Utilities, which must be approved in advance by the supervisor. Employees will be paid for their time spent traveling in the following circumstances. 1. When a non-exempt employee is engaged in travel which keeps the employee away from home overnight and which cuts across a regular workday; 2. When a non-exempt employee travels to a special one-day work assignment in another city that does not require an overnight stay; 3. When a non-exempt employee spends time traveling as part of the employer’s principal activity; 4. When a non-exempt employee spends time traveling between home and work in “call back” or “emergency” situations; and 5. When a non-exempt employee performs work during travel. Overtime (at one and a half times the regular rate of pay) will be paid in connection with training or travel time only when, and to the extent, that an employee’s total compensated hours in a workweek exceed 40. The eight hour and double time provisions of the Utilities’ wage and hour policy do not apply to days involving work-related travel or training. 121