Overtime Pay

For the purposes of determining eligibility for overtime pay, positions are classified as exempt or nonexempt. The Fair Labor Standards Act requires the University to pay staff in nonexempt positions overtime pay.

Employees in operations assistant and technical assistant positions are paid overtime for all hours worked in excess of eight in any one day and forty (40) hours in any one workweek. Payment for overtime is made at the rate of one and one-half times the employee’s regular rate of pay. The regular rate of pay includes the value of any perquisite (room, board, and other facilities) furnished by the University but excludes the value of uniforms, protective clothing, etc., which may be furnished.

Regularly scheduled hours paid for holidays, vacations, sick leave, jury duty, funeral leave, and military duty are in-cluded in the normal workweek to determine the eligibility for overtime pay and are included in the meaning of time worked.No employee may work more than 16 hours (regular and overtime) in a 24-hour period. The maximum overtime an employee may work in any workweek (Monday through Sunday) is 20 hours, allowing at least one full day off per workweek, except for approved emergency situations.

The University’s fire department and firefighters are covered by other policies and practices due to their approved special work schedule.

The University does not allow the use of compensatory time off in lieu of overtime pay.

Employees should direct their questions regarding overtime to their immediate supervisor. Employees may also refer to Business Office Memorandum No. 175, "Wage Administration Policies For Clerical/Service and Operations/Technical Assistants."