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Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Employees will be paid overtime in accordance with the FLSA. Actual time worked will be used for determining overtime payment, with no consideration to the one -hour minimum call out pay provision for firefighter pay. By advance mutual agreement, overtime earned for performance of fire department activities may be paid at one and one-half times the employee's firefighter pay rate. ARTICLE 13 — OVERTIME PAY Hours worked in excess of forty (40) hours within a seven (7) day period will be compensated at one and one-half (1 1/2) times the employee's regular base pay rate. Paid holidays, beiwtvetnent leave, vacation, compensatory time, and sick leave shall be the only non -workdays with compensation considered for purposes of computing overtime compensation. The Employer will not change the employees work schedule for the sole purpose of avoiding overtime compensation. 13.1 Overtime will be distributed based on seniority. Each calendar year rotation begins again with the most senior member. 13.2 Overtime shall be calculated to the nearest fifteen (15) minutes. 13.3 Employees performing emergency duties or mission critical snow removal on a weekend shall be paid time and one-half for hours worked or take the hours earned in compensatory time in accordance with Article 25 — Compensatory Time Provisions. 13.4 Overtime refused by an employee will, for recording purposes under Article 13.1, be considered unpaid overtime worked. 13.5 For the purpose of computing overtime compensation, overtime hours worked shall not be pyramided, compounded, or paid twice for the same hours worked. 13.6 Out of Class Pay. Any employee assigned to maintain a street plow route who does not operate a snowplow truck as part of his/her regular position with the city shall be paid at pay grade 5N of the City Pay Plan for snow removal hours. Employees shall begin at step A and receive a step increase at the beginning of each snow season that they are assigned to perform snow plowing duties. 13.7 All overtime shall be either requested by the employer/supervisor or approved by the employer/supervisor prior to the work being performed. 13.8 For snow events, with the approval of the department director, employees may end their workday following the completion of their snow removal duties. Employees utilizing this opportunity shall not use paid leave time to accumulate overtime for that shift. ARTICLE 14 — CALL BACK An employee called in for work at a time other than the employee's normal scheduled shift will be compensated for a minimum of two (2) hours pay at one and one-half (1-1/2) times the employee's base pay rate. Early report to work and extended shifts are not subject to the two (2) hour minimum requirement. ARTICLE 15 — LEGAL DEFENSE 15.1 Employees involved in litigation because of negligence, ignorance of laws, non -observance of laws, or as a result of employee judgmental decision shall not receive legal defense by the city. Page 80 of 249