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EQUITY ADJUSTMENT:
3.21 Upon request of the appointing authority, the Commissioners Court, if it determines that past
salary practices have resulted in the payment of an employee at an inequitably low rate as compared
to other employees in the same class, may raise the salary of such employee to the level it determines
most equitable. All such requests must be treated on a case by case basis and may not include
retroactive pay. Requests for equity adjustments must be submitted on an NCF-1.
OVERTIME PAY PROCEDURES FOR NON-EXEMPT EMPLOYEES:
3.22 In all instances, the definitions, practices, and procedures in regard to payment of overtime for
Nueces County employees are in accordance with the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of
1938, as amended.
a. Work Period Defined: Effective hereafter and for purposes of calculating overtime
pay, the regular workweek for all non-exempt employees of Nueces County will begin at
05:00 a.m. Saturday morning until the succeeding Saturday morning at 04.59 a.m. at 00:01
Saturday Morning (one minute after Friday midnight) and will proceed for the various
categories of employees as follows:
1. Non-exempt, non-law enforcement employees will, from the beginning of the
workweek through its end at midnight Friday next, be paid at straight time for up to
and including 40 hours of service performed during the defined work period.
Thereafter, said employees will be paid at time and a half for all other hours (over
forty) actually worked within the prescribed Saturday to Friday work period.
2. Non-exempt law enforcement employees will, from the beginning of the work
period through its end 14 days thereafter (which applies to all law enforcement
personnel), be paid at straight time for up to and including 86 hours actually worked.
Overtime compensation for said non-exempt law enforcement employees will be
authorized at the rate of time and one half for all hours over 86 worked within the
above defined 14 day work period.
b. Time not actually worked does not count towards computation of overtime.
3.23 Lunch and Rest Periods:
a. Lunch and rest periods will be scheduled at the discretion of the responsible
department head. Time off for lunch will not be paid by the county. However, rest periods
not to exceed two (2), each for durations of not longer than fifteen (15) minutes in any work
session of eight (8) hours, will be paid by the county. Daily rest periods not taken are lost.
Modifications to this rule may be granted for mission essential resources such as certain
county jail personnel. However, each department modification must be approved by the
Commissioners Court on a case by case basis.
b. Nursing Mothers: Department heads who oversee employees covered by these Rules
should also be aware of obligations created by recent amendments to Section 7 of the Fair
Labor Standards Act requiring employers to provide reasonable break time, and reasonable
privacy accommodations for nursing mothers covered by the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”). Details regarding such obligations may be reviewed at
www.wagehour.dol.gov in the summary document entitled WHD Fact Sheet #73, Break
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