Compensatory Time

The Compensatory Time Policy is designed to provide an alternative to paid overtime for hourly employees whose total hours worked (including scheduled paid leave and holidays) exceed 40 hours a week. The following are the university requirements:

1. The normal work week shall begin at 12:00 a.m., Saturday, and terminate the following Friday at midnight. A full-time employee is expected to work 40 hours during the work week. An hourly rate of pay is the basis of earnings computation for persons paid on the hourly payroll. Overtime and compensatory time is based on the work week not the work day.

2. Hourly employees are eligible for overtime pay at the rate of time-and-one-half for the time worked in excess of 40 hours per work week. For the purpose of computing overtime pay, scheduled paid leave and holidays will be treated as hours worked. Other types of hours like unscheduled leave, administrative leave, military leave, and jury duty are not part of calculating overtime/compensatory time, those hours are paid at straight time.

3. Hourly employees accepting work in a budget unit other than their primary one are responsible for notifying the secondary budget unit of their employment status with the university. Whenever the combined hours of work of hourly employees exceed 40 hours in a work week, time-and-one-half overtime pay must be paid for the excess hours. In each such instance, the budget unit exceeding the appointed FTE will have the responsibility for paying the time-and-one-half rate. No compensatory time can be accrued in this type of situation only overtime can be paid.