300-04 Compensation Flashcards
DETERMINATION OF COMPENSATION
Compensation of classified employees, including all specific allowances mentioned below, is determined by the…
current classified employees’ Meet and Confer Agreement and its amendments and applicable City ordinances
ALLOWANCES
Officers of the Houston Police Department may be provided compensation for the following authorized allowances:
Clothing.
Officers who qualify for a clothing allowance as specified in the Meet and Confer Agreement and General Order 300-18, Clothing Allowance, will be paid ____.
Equipment.
Each police officer shall receive an equipment allowance payable in equal ____payments. For new hires, the equipment allowance shall begin in the _____ after completion of the probationary period.
Motorcycle.
Officers assigned to the Traffic Enforcement Division and who _____ shall receive reimbursement for expenses to operate and maintain said motorcycle.
1) semiannually
2) biweekly
3) first full pay period
4) provide their personally owned motorcycle for department use
ASSIGNMENT PAY
Additional Compensation.
Officers may receive additional compensation at various agreed upon rates of pay for performing _____.
Examples of this type of assignment pay include additional exempt employee compensation and _____compensation for pay.
For additional information on these two types of pay, see General Orders 300-36, Exempt Time Compensation and Exempt Time Credit and 300-34, Strategic Officer Staffing Program.
1) additional specific duties
2) Strategic Officer Staffing Program (SOSP)
ASSIGNMENT PAY
Bilingual Pay.
Officers who meet specific criteria may receive assignment pay for possessing the ability to _____ as established by law and department policy.
communicate in certain languages other than English
ASSIGNMENT PAY
Sign Language Pay.
Officers who meet specific criteria may receive assignment pay for possessing the ability to communicate in _____ as established by law and department policy.
American Sign Language
ASSIGNMENT PAY
Specialized Duty Assignment.
Officers may receive assignment pay when assigned to certain hazardous duties or specialized functions.
Examples of these types of assignments are _____.
Other assignments may qualify for this pay as authorized by the Meet and Confer Agreement or City ordinance.
SWAT, Bomb Squad, Dive Team, Helicopter and Solo Motorcycle Detail
FIELD TRAINING COMPENSATION
Field training instructors and field performance evaluators who work for the Field Training Officer (FTO) program training new officers shall receive additional compensation at the rate specified in _____.
Additionally, officers and supervisors assigned responsibilities with the FTO program shall receive additional compensation at the rate specified in _____.
1) the current Meet and Confer Agreement
2) the current Meet and Confer Agreement
SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL PAY AND WEEKEND PREMIUM PAY
Shift Differential Pay
Officers whose regular assignment is to work a regularly scheduled shift that begins at ____hours or later and/or ends no later than ____hours shall receive shift differential pay for their entire shifts.
These officers shall also receive shift differential pay in their overtime pay calculations for overtime hours worked between 1200 hours and 0700 hours in the officers’ regular assigned positions.
Shifts shall be determined as follows:
a.
Day shifts are those shifts beginning between ____
b.
Evening shifts are those shifts beginning between ____
c.
Night shifts are those shifts beginning between ____
1) 1200
2) 0700
3) 0500 hours and 1159 hours.
4) 1200 hours and 1959 hours.
5) 2000 hours and 0459 hours.
SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL PAY AND WEEKEND PREMIUM PAY
Weekend Premium Pay
Weekend premium days for day and evening shifts as defined in the previous subsection are ____
Weekend premium days for night shifts as defined in the previous subsection are _____.
Officers who are regularly assigned to work shifts that begin on any part of the weekend premium days for their shifts shall receive weekend premium pay for _____
These officers shall also receive weekend premium pay in their overtime pay calculations for overtime hours worked during _____
1) Saturday and Sunday.
2) Friday and Saturday
3) the weekend premium days that are part of their regular assignments.
4) any part of the officers’ weekend premium days in the officers’ regular assigned positions.
SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL PAY AND WEEKEND PREMIUM PAY
General Guidelines
In order to receive shift differential pay and/or weekend premium pay, officers must have regular assigned shifts and/or days off that qualify as outlined above in this section. Personnel with_____shall not receive shift differential pay or weekend premium pay.
rotating shifts
SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL PAY AND WEEKEND PREMIUM PAY
General Guidelines
Classified personnel on temporary assignment, as specified in General Orders 100-03, Definitions of Terms and 300-02, Transfer of Classified Employees, or on transitional duty as defined in General Order, 300-10, Transitional Duty Assignment, shall continue to receive shift differential pay and weekend premium pay based on…
their regular assigned shifts and days off without regard to the requirements of their temporary assignments or transitional duty assignments.
SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL PAY AND WEEKEND PREMIUM PAY
General Guidelines
Classified personnel who become eligible for shift differential pay or weekend premium pay must submit a _____ form.
The form, which is available on the department’s Intranet Portal, must be completed in its entirety and have the signature of the _____.
The effective date of the change must be the…
1) Personnel Changes
2) officer’s division commander
3) first day of a pay period.
HIGHER CLASSIFICATION PAY
Officers holding the rank of sergeant or higher or classified pay grade VI or higher shall receive additional compensation for temporary duty assignments in a higher classification position pursuant to applicable law and policy. The following criteria shall serve as the guidelines for implementing this policy:
Classification Requirement.
The person who is to perform temporary duty in a higher classification assignment must be classified in _______ to which the appointee is to be named.
the next lower classification in the class series than the temporary duty assignment
HIGHER CLASSIFICATION PAY
Officers holding the rank of sergeant or higher or classified pay grade VI or higher shall receive
additional compensation for temporary duty assignments in a higher classification position
pursuant to applicable law and policy. The following criteria shall serve as the guidelines for implementing this policy:
Job Title.
The appointee shall use the title of “____” as a descriptor before the position classification title to which the officer has been appointed.
Acting
HIGHER CLASSIFICATION PAY
Officers holding the rank of sergeant or higher or classified pay grade VI or higher shall receive additional compensation for temporary duty assignments in a higher classification position pursuant to applicable law and policy. The following criteria shall serve as the guidelines for implementing this policy:
Length of Assignment.
The assignment must be for _____ or longer.
one complete workday