Go 300-36 Exempt Time Compensation and Exempt Time Credit Flashcards
Exempt officers shall not work in excess of the number of hours in the exempt officers’ regular workday without prior authorization from the appropriate ________.
supervisor
When calculating exempt time compensation or exempt time credit, quarter-hour time blocks shall be used for time entered by timekeepers. If an exempt officer has worked __________minutes or
more of the quarter-hour time block, then the entire 15-minute block shall be approved for exempt time compensation or exempt time credit, as applicable. When less than ________ minutes in the time block are worked, credit for that time block shall not be granted.
eight
Exempt time credit shall be accrued in a separate time bank, can be carried over from one benefit year to another, and shall remain in the time bank until used. The total number of hours of exempt time credit in an exempt officer’s time bank shall not exceed ____hours.
480
Exempt time credit has no cash value; therefore, it cannot be taken, used, or awarded as follows:
a. As “drag-up” pay at retirement or separation
b. In the event of the officer’s death
c. During the Phase Down Program
When, without prearrangement, off-duty exempt officers are required to report immediately to a specific location for a department action other than court attendance, exempt time compensation or exempt time credit shall be authorized from the time the exempt officer ______the notification and shall continue until the officer departs from the last location requiring department action.
receives
When a City of Houston holiday occurs on an exempt officer’s regular day off and the officer does not work on the holiday, the officer shall be granted ______________ time in his accrued leave bank equal to the number of hours in his regular workday.
deferred holiday
The department prohibits the practice known as__________in which some personal leave (straight time) is used (burned) in order to earn exempt time compensation or exempt time credit. Accordingly, exempt officers shall not use or be allowed to use (burn) any type of leave (straight time) and earn exempt time compensation or exempt time credit during the same shift.
“Earn and Burn”
The hour value of a floating holiday shall be equal to an exempt officer’s ________workday, and shall be of non-accruable time. Floating holidays cannot be submitted for pay. Floating holidays must be used as whole workdays.
normal
Exempt officers shall adjust their shift to attend on-duty training when such training falls outside their regularly scheduled shift. If the on-duty training falls on the exempt officer’s regular day
off, the ______shall adjust the exempt officer’s days off.
supervisor
All eligible, exempt officers requesting exempt time compensation or exempt time credit must complete an _____________ form (located on the department’s Intranet Portal).
Exempt Employee Overtime Compensation Request
The overtime request form shall be submitted to the appropriate supervisor in the division or command for which the overtime was worked within ___calendar days following the hours worked.
five
Once an officer submits an overtime request form to a supervisor, it becomes the responsibility of the receiving supervisor to ensure the timekeeper is provided any approved overtime request form within ___calendar days after the date it was submitted to the first approving supervisor.
five
Supervisors shall not _____their authority to approve overtime requests to non-supervisory personnel. Stamped signatures for approval are prohibited.
delegate
Supervisors approving overtime request forms are responsible for ensuring exempt officers have properly documented all required information on the __________________ form.
Exempt Employee Overtime Compensation Request
An exempt time compensation or exempt time credit request shall not be approved if it contains obvious ___________.
inaccuracies
