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ORDINANCE NO. 2024-21 Page 3 12-month probationary period in the case of promotion. During the initial probationary period, an employee can be dismissed by the Municipality as it sees fit. During the promotional probationary period, an employee may be reverted to his or her former position by the Municipality. 153.05 STANDARD WORK WEEK a) All rates in the compensation ordinance are based on a forty (40) hour weekly schedule, paid on a bi-weekly basis. b) The standard work week shall be forty (40) hours in a seven (7) day period for full-time employees of the Municipality. Full-time employees who work an eight (8) hour day are provided with a one-half (1/2) hour paid lunch break. 153.06 OVERTIME a) Except for those employees not covered by the overtime provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act, or the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, all full-time employees and all eligible part-time employees shall be compensated at the rate of one and one-half (1-1 /2) times the employee's regular hourly rate for that time actually worked in excess of forty (40) hours during a seven (7) day work week when approved by that employee's Department Head for employees who are normally scheduled to work a forty (40) hour week. Part-time firefighters shall be compensated at the rate of one and one-half (1-1 /2) times the employee's regular hourly rate for time actually worked in excess of fifty-three (53) hours in a seven (7) day work period. b) All overtime shall be approved in advance by an employee's Department Head, unless there exists an emergency that threatens the health, safety or welfare of the Municipality. c) If an employee is scheduled for training or seminars while on vacation or holiday, the employee shall be paid regular time and restored that vacation or holiday time lost. No overtime will be paid in this situation. d) Time changes relevant to daylight savings shall not entitle the Municipality to dock pay nor to pay additional time on those days, as same will balance out. e) All full-time employees, shall, at their election, be able to accrue compensatory time at one and one-half (1-1 /2) times the number of overtime hours worked in lieu of cash payment at the same rate that overtime would have been calculated (time and one-half vs. straight overtime), up to a maximum of one hundred twenty (120) hours. In the event an employee works overtime when his or her "compensatory time bank" is at one hundred twenty (120) hours, he or she shall be paid cash for such overtime. Employees shall be required to cash out all accumulated comp time over forty (40) hours and have the option of cashing out all accumulated hours of comp time at the end of each calendar year. Any unused comp time will be cashed out upon the employee's separation from employment.