300-30 Volunteering Time for Convalescing Officers

Question 1

When a classified employee is temporarily disabled by an injury or illness, other classified employees may volunteer to work for that officer.

The volunteered time shall be credited to the recipient as _____.

The decision to volunteer time under this program is irrevocable.

Answer 1

actual time worked

Question 2

ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES

To be considered as a recipient for the program, classified employees shall initiate a _____ through their chain of command to the Chief of Police.

After approval, the officer’s division shall prepare a _____for signature by the Chief of Police requesting volunteers to work for the convalescing officer.

Participation in this program is voluntary.

______ is required from any classified employee requesting to be a recipient of time volunteered through this program.

Answer 2

1) written request
2) Circular
3) Medical documentation

Question 3

ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES

Overtime shall not be worked by any officer who is ))))).

Supervisors shall ensure that any officer volunteering time is…

Time volunteered shall count toward calculating maximum work hours and toward the 86 hours in a pay period for purposes of the Strategic Officer Staffing Program.

Answer 3

1) volunteering time

2) released from duty at the conclusion of the designated voluntary shift.

Question 4

ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES

Classified employees wishing to volunteer time shall complete a Volunteering Time for a Convalescing Officer form after volunteering and submit it to _____

This form is available on the department’s Intranet Portal.

The timekeeper shall make no entries into the Kronos® system for _____.

Payroll Services in the City of Houston Administration and Regulatory Affairs Department shall be notified when one officer volunteers to work for another officer.

Answer 4

1) their divisional timekeeper.

2) either officer

Question 5

RECIPIENT OFFICER GUIDELINES

Officers may be considered to receive volunteered time only if all of the following are true:

a.
Recipient has completed the _____.

b.
Recipient is going to be absent because the recipient is temporarily disabled by _____.

c.
_____ accompanies the request for volunteered time.

No hours shall be credited beyond the recipient employee’s return to work date or the commencement of social security or long-term disability benefits.

Answer 5

1) probationary police officer period
2) an injury or illness
3) Doctor’s note

Question 6

VOLUNTEERING OFFICER GUIDELINES

Officers must be off duty in order to volunteer time.

Officers volunteering time while on approved leave shall perform that work in their own division, during their normal duty hours.

Officers volunteering on their regular day off or during non-duty hours shall coordinate with their supervisors to schedule voluntary hours in their own division unless…

Volunteering officers assigned to divisions with hours that preclude inhouse
work shall _____ with the shift supervisor in the recipient officer’s division. The volunteering officer shall then report to the recipient officer’s division for
an appropriate assignment.

All officers shall _____ of their intent to volunteer and the location the work shall be performed prior to reporting to volunteer time.

Answer 6

1) divisional hours preclude such arrangements.
2) coordinate their voluntary hours
3) notify their immediate supervisor