Employee Work Period And Pay Flashcards
Employee Work Period and Pay - Definitions
Define fire fighter work period?
Monday 12am to Sunday 11:59pm
48/96 shift with 3 shifts
28 day cycle.
Employees who work 212 or more hours in a 28 day cycle is considered full time per the Fair Labors Standard 7k
Employee Work Period and Pay - Firefighter Calendar Week hours
What is the normal average hours firefighters work in a calendar week?
53 but hours scheduled in the calendar week can range from 48 to 72
Employee Work Period and Pay - Firefighter Overtime
Firefighters receive overtime pay at the premium rate of 1 and 1/2 times or regular hourly rate for all hours worked in excess of?
212 hours in a 28 day work period.
Employee Work Period and Pay - Firefighter Overtime - Overtime for Salaried (exempt) Employees
How do you calculate The employees hourly rate for overtime?
It is calculated by dividing the annual salary by 2080 hours. Which is 40 hours times 52 weeks. Then take the hourly rate and X 1.5 then multiply that with the amount of hours worked in the OT column
Employee Work Period and Pay - Firefighter Overtime - Overtime for Salaried (exempt) Employees
Describe the example given explaining how to calculate a salaried employees overtime rate:
Chief Baker works a 12 hour shift on a train derailment. His salary is $30,000 per year. His hour rate would equal (30,000/2080 = $14.42 per hour). His discretionary overtime pay would be $259.56 less applicable taxes in withholdings, representing $14.42 X 1.5 X 12 hours.
Employee Work Period and Pay - Training Time - Compensated
When is the fire department mandated to pay you for training time?
Where the fire department mandates training outside of the normal schedule to work.
Employee Work Period and Pay -Training Time - Non-Compensated
What are the non-compensated training time situations?
— State require training to keep certifications
— Member elected professional development
Employee Work Period and Pay - Employee Recall Procedures - Off-duty Response
When an off-duty paid employee respond automatically to situation‘s including - housefires, mass casualty incident, or long-term incidents:
4 items that deal with approval, pay, reporting, district
— Preapproval by chief officer is not required for this response
— Employees will be compensated for time worked
— Members will report to the station for accountability purposes
— Does not include out of district fires unless an emergency recall has been established
Employee Work Period and Pay - Employee Recall Procedures - Emergency Recall
Emergency recall include situation in which personnel are needed immediately to fill staffing needs, including but not limited:
— Housefires, mass casualty incident, long term incidents
— State deployments
Employee Work Period and Pay - Employee Recall Procedures - Emergency Recall
Members may be notified by one of the two notification systems
— Chief mobile application tied to cell phone notification of alarms
— Microsoft outlook/email to cell text
Employee Work Period and Pay - Employee Recall Procedures - Emergency Recall
Members accepting overtime must be able to respond to the station of assignment within?
1/2 (0.5) hour of the notification
