FILE:  GBAAA

OVERTIME COMPENSATION

The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board shall pay eligible employees overtime pay for any work beyond forty (40) hours per week.  Overtime shall be paid at the rate of one and one-half (1½) times the employee's regular hourly rate.  Eligible employees paid on the Management Clerical Salary Scale overtime shall be paid at the rate of one-half (½) time. Hours worked shall mean the actual hours worked during the work week, excluding vacation, holiday, and sick leave.

The eligible employee's immediate supervisor will approve up to but not more than five (5) hours of overtime work per month.  Overtime work in excess of five (5) hours per month shall be approved by the Superintendent or designee before the work is performed, except in emergency situations.

Eligible employees are those employees who have been classified as nonexempt for purposes of overtime compensation in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Revised:  January, 2006

Ref:    29 USC 201 et seq. (The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended)

29 CFR 778 (Overtime Compensation)

La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:84.1, 17:422.6

Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority et al., 105 S. Ct. 1005 (February 1985)

Board minutes, 1-19-06

East Baton Rouge Parish School Board