Columbia Compensatory time leave ordinance (§ 19-124)

(a) Compensatory time shall only be granted pursuant to section 19-96.

(b) Compensatory time accruals shall not exceed two hundred (200) hours per individual (two hundred forty

(240) hours annual accumulation/use limit for power plant utility (relief) workers and parks services workers assigned to athletic field and golf course operations), subject to further restrictions pursuant to department rule and regulations; and compensatory time accruals shall be paid upon separation, at a rate not less than:

(1) The average regular rate received by the employee during the last three (3) years of employment, or

(2) At the final regular rate received by the employee, whichever is higher.

(c) Employees shall be given an option of receiving paid overtime remuneration or compensatory time off.

(d) An employee moving from an overtime eligible position to an overtime exempt position shall be paid for all compensatory time on the books in the employee's paycheck that includes final hours worked in the overtime eligible position.