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An Ordinance amending Section 21-37.1 of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Code of Ordinances to increase the maximum accrual for compensatory time to 120 hours. [Div. of Human Resources, Maxwell]
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Authorization to increase the maximum allowable accruals of compensatory time from eighty (80) hours to one hundred twenty (120) for all eligible classified and Unclassified Civil Service employees, effective February 15, 2021. Funds are Budgeted. (L0342-21) (Maxwell/Hamilton)
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Section 1 - That Section 21-37.1 of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to read as follows:
(1) Classified civil service employees exempted from overtime payments by subsection 21-28(1)(a) shall accumulate and use compensatory time under the following terms and conditions:
(a) Compensatory time shall mean leave time Granted for hours worked by a Classified Civil Service employee in excess of forty (40) hours per week.
(b) Employees May accumulate up to eighty (80) one hundred twenty (120) hours of compensatory time and May use accumulated compensatory time in any increment.
(c) Vacation, sick and funeral leave hours shall not count as hours worked for purposes of computing compensatory time earned in a week.
(d) Compensatory time May only be accrued and utilized upon the supervisor's prior approval of an employee's written request.
In situations where an employee is unable to obtain prior written approval, the employee May contact his supervisor and obtain verbal approval prior to using compensatory time. A leave form shall be submitted once the employee returns to work to document the verbal approval.
(e) No employee shall be paid for accumulated compensatory time upon separa...
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