OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - The city of Oxford has put in place a new policy that the board of aldermen hopes will reduce the growing expense of overtime payments for all city employees.
Previously, overtime started when a regular 40-hour-a-week employee worked more than 40 hours a week. However, if that employee took a vacation or a sick day that week, those eight hours didn’t count against them when figuring out overtime.
For example, if someone was out sick Monday and used a sick day, and had to work some additional hours on a Saturday, those Saturday hours would be considered overtime.
The Oxford Eagle reports (https://bit.ly/1iA4toK ) with the new policy, employee’s hours will be considered only after the employee has actually worked the 40 hours.
Some city employees, such as police officers and firefighters, are not on a 40-hour week pay system. Their overtime is figured monthly.
For firefighters, they must work 212 hours in a 28-day period to have overtime. Police officers must work 171 hours. Firefighters work 24-hour shifts whereas police work 12-hour shifts. It breaks down to a six-hour work day for firefighters and a 7.5 hour workday for police officers.
City Human Resource Director Al Hope said he could only estimate the amount of money the city may save.
“Maybe about $30,000 to $40,000 a year,” he said. “But we won’t really know yet until after we can compare numbers after a year.”
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Information from: Oxford Eagle, https://www.oxfordeagle.com
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