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c. The employee refuses the Utilities order to perform an action that the employee has an objective basis in fact to believe violates any State or Federal law or rule regulation adopted pursuant to law and the employee informs the Utility that the order is being refused for that reason. d. No city official or law enforcement official will disclose, or cause to disclose the identity of any employee making a report or providing information under this section without the employee's consent unless the investigator determines that disclosure is necessary for prosecution, the employee will be informed prior to the disclosure. e. Employees shall not ,make any statements or discloser es pursuant to the this section knowing that they are false or that they are in reckless disregard of the truth. f. This section does not permit disclosures that would violate federal or state law or diminish or impair the right of any person to the continued protection of confidentiality or communications provided by common law. 6. WORKING HOURS A regular work week shall be five (5), eight (8) hour days. This will constitute a forty (40) hour work week. Non-exempt employees are paid on the basis of hours worked. Exempt employees are paid on a salary basis; their compensation is not based on the number of hours they work. 7. OVERTIME Time and one-half will be paid to all employees who work in excess of their regularly scheduled forty (40) hour work week, or eight (8) hour day. Double-time will be paid for all work performed on Sundays or Holidays. Certain supervisory employees are exempt from the overtime provisions. These employees do not receive overtime compensation, but have more flexible work schedules. 8. CALL OUT TIME Employees who are asked to report for work outside their regular working hours shall be paid a minimum of two (2) hours each time they report for work. If an employee reports for work before or remains after the regular eight (8) hour work day, or works on a Saturday, Sunday or Holiday, he/she will be paid at the applicable overtime rate. Scheduled work contiguous to normal working hours shall not be subject to a two (2) hour minimum overtime obligation. 9. ON-CALL Certain regular field workers are required to be on call for one (1) week periods on a rotation basis. Compensation is eight (8) hours of overtime pay. If a holiday falls within \\ermuserver\home$\peggy\Misc. Manuals\MISC MANUAL ITEMS\L'mployee Handbook 2007.doc 4 Revision April 2008