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apply in all cases where an employee is engaged in activity related to and/or required in connection with their Utilities employment. Exempt employees are salaried and do not earn or receive overtime or, in turn, Comp Time. Compensatory Time Compensatory Time ("Comp Time") is paid time off for earned overtime in lieu of direct pay. Comp Time is accrued at the rate of one and one-half hours (or, two hours for overtime earned for work on Sundays or designated holidays) for each hour of overtime earned. Comp Time may be accrued and taken in lieu of direct overtime pay in accordance with the following rules. Exempt employees do not qualify for Comp Time. When an employee earns overtime they may elect to accrue Comp Time in lieu of direct pay for the overtime. Accrual of Comp Time is subject to a cap of 40 hours per calendar year. Once an employee has accrued 40 hours of Comp Time in a calendar year, no further Comp Time may accrue in that calendar year, even if the employee has used some or all of the 40 hours previously accrued. Once the 40-hour cap is reached, all further earned overtime will be paid directly on the paycheck for the period in which it is earned. When an employee elects Comp Time they will not receive any pay for the hour of overtime worked on their paycheck for the period in which the overtime is earned. Instead, the employee will accrue one and a half hours (or, two hours for overtime earned for work on Sundays or designated holidays) of Comp Time to be used at the employee's election within the calendar year before December 15. • Under no circumstances will Comp Time ever be forfeited. Accrued Comp Time that has not been used by December 15 will be paid out in full on the last payroll check of the calendar year. Under no circumstances will Comp Time carry over to a following calendar year. • In order to elect to accrue Comp Time in lieu of receiving direct overtime pay in the current payroll period, an employee must mark their timesheet for "Comp Time," clearly indicating the number of earned overtime hours they wish to accrue as Comp Time in lieu of direct overtime pay. In order to use Comp Time, employees are to follow the same procedures as apply to other paid time off and leave requests, including making specific arrangements with their supervisor. Use of Comp Time is subject at all times to the operating needs of the Utilities. 23 July 2024 2313900