Section 12 OVERTIME

1. Overtime premium shall be paid as follows:
   1. Time and one-half the regular straight time rate will be paid for all time worked in excess of eight (8) to twelve (12) hours in an employee's workday.

   2. Time and one-half the regular straight time rate will be paid for all such hours worked in excess of eighty (80) hours in an employee's work period; provided, however, that all hours paid at the overtime rate must be actual hours worked and not those recorded as sick leave, vacation, or a holiday. Hours recorded in excess of eighty (80) hours per work period as sick leave, vacation, or holiday pay will be paid at a straight time rate.

   3. For the purpose of computing overtime pay for over eighty (80) hours in an employee's work period, a sick day or a vacation day for which he/she receives pay will be counted.

2. Overtime premium shall not be pyramided, compounded or paid twice for the same time worked.

3. In general, overtime work shall be voluntary, provided, however, when at least forty-eight hours advance notice of an overtime assignment is given, or when circumstances do not permit advance notice, an employee will be required to work unless sufficient other employees within the operational unit capable of doing the work are available, in which case an employee who does not wish to work will be excused from overtime.

4. Employees working overtime shall have the alternative to be paid for such overtime at the rate of one and one-half times the hourly rate for the number of hours of overtime worked, or compensatory time off at the rate of one and one-half times the number of hours worked.

5. Employees covered herein may change scheduled shifts with other employees, subject to the manager's approval, provided that such change does not affect the orderly operation of the department.

6. Straight rate compensatory time off shall be granted to bargaining unit members who hold elected positions with campus organizations for attending meetings of such non-union, non-department organizations, for example Staff Council, etc.

7. Equalization of overtime hours shall be in accordance with the following provisions:
   1. Overtime hours will be divided as equally as possible among employees in the same classification. The supervisor will record overtime for equalization purposes by classification. The steward and the employees will have access to the equalization records, upon request.

   2. When overtime is required, the employee with the least number of overtime hours in that classification will be called first, and so on down the list, in an attempt to equalize the overtime hours. In this connection, the University need not call in an employee to work rather than extend the shift of an employee already at work.

   3. In cases of emergency, the employer may call the most available employee regardless of equalization standings. Employees in other classifications may be called if there is a shortage of employees in the classification needed. In such cases they would be called on the basis of least hours of overtime in their classification provided they have the ability to do the work.

   4. In any event, as the employer could be faced with having insufficient employees to perform necessary work during any given voluntary overtime period, it shall have the right without prior notice, to appoint the number of qualified employees required to work the overtime period on the basis of inverse seniority.

   5. Time not worked because the employee does not choose to work will be charged against the employee's overtime equalization record, such charge to be three (3) hours of the average number of overtime hours of the employees working during that call out or overtime period.

   6. Employees who change classifications will be charged with the highest number of overtime hours that exist in the new classification on the day they are reclassified.

   7. The University is not required to follow the equalization of overtime if the employee whose absence requires an overtime situation fails to notify the University twenty-four (24) hours in advance of their scheduled shift. When an employee cannot be contacted by telephone they will be considered unavailable.

   8. If an employee is not called in for overtime work in accordance with this clause, he/she shall be given the next overtime available when that employee is available.

   9. Excess overtime hours shall be reduced to zero (0) at the beginning of each fiscal year.

8. Training School.Overtime earned as a result of attending required in-service training, required school sessions or range-time outside the regularly scheduled work shift shall be paid at time and one-half (1½) or compensated at time and one-half, at the employee's discretion. For all hours incurred at elected training, payment for hours over and above regularly scheduled hours shall be compensated at straight time, including travel. Meals and lodging as status quo per existing practice.