lorain county general health district employee personnel

and submitted and the use of overtime is approved.
2. The employee may choose whether to be paid for overtime or to receive
compensatory time off. The use of compensatory time off shall be scheduled
at a time mutually agreed upon by the supervisor and the employee to permit
the proper functioning of the unit. In the event that it is not possible to permit
the use of compensatory time off, unused portions shall be converted to
overtime pay and paid at the appropriate hourly rate.
3. Compensatory time may not be used during a standard work week in order to
earn overtime, holiday pay or additional compensatory time.
4. Only in special circumstances and only if approved in writing by the Health
Commissioner may overtime or compensatory time off earned in a given year
be carried over by an employee from year to year. Absent approval from the
Health Commissioner, unused compensatory time off earned in any given
calendar year must be converted to cash at the end of that calendar year.
5. In no event shall an employee be permitted to accumulate, for later use or
payment, more than 240 hours of overtime.
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