Court Appearance Pay. A member will be paid for any required court appearances which occur during a member’s off duty hours. A member who is required to appear in Court when otherwise off duty or on approved leave shall, if possible, call the Court to determine if the member’s attendance is necessary. If as a result of the call the member is required to attend Court, the member shall be compensated as provided in this Section provided a member only has one scheduled court appearance or has multiple court appearances more than three (3) hours apart, when any one court appearance is completed, the member shall be released from duty. If the member is not required to attend Court, he/she shall be compensated two (2) hours pay, at the straight time rate, for calls made from Police Headquarters to a Court. Employees should make necessary phone calls in a manner to cause the member the least amount of inconvenience and the City the least amount of cost. For court appearances, members will be paid a minimum of three (3) hours at one-and-one-half (1½) times the member’s regular rate of pay for any court appearances that occur within three (3) hours of each other.
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Court Appearance Pay. A member will be paid for any required court appearances which occur during a member’s off duty hours. A member who is required to appear in Court when otherwise off duty or on approved leave shall, if possible, call the Court to determine if the member’s attendance is necessary. If as a result of the call the member is required to attend Court, the member shall be compensated as provided in this Section provided Provided a member only has one scheduled court appearance or has multiple court appearances more than three (3) hours apart, when any one court appearance is completed, the member shall be released from duty. If the member is not required to attend Court, he/she shall be compensated two (2) hours pay, at the straight time rate, for calls made from Police Headquarters to a Court. Employees should make necessary phone calls in a manner to cause the member the least amount of inconvenience and the City the least amount of cost. For court appearances, members will be paid a minimum of three (3) hours at one-and-one-half (1½) times the member’s regular rate of pay for any court appearances that occur within three (3) hours of each other.
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