Common use of Professional Time Clause in Contracts

Professional Time. Each January all Deputy Chiefs shall receive forty (40) hours of professional time. Professional time may be taken in increments of one (1) hour or more and must be approved by the Appointing Authority. Any unused professional time to an employee’s credit at the close of business on the last day of the first pay period that ends in the month of January shall be paid to the employee at the employee’s forty (40) hour hourly rate in effect at that time. The City Auditor shall make payment within a reasonable period following said pay period. Upon termination for any reason, employees will be paid as part of their terminal pay for all unused professional time hours at the employee’s forty (40) hour hourly rate in effect at the time of separation. In the event of death, payment will be made to the surviving spouse or estate, if there is no surviving spouse.

Professional Time. Each January all Deputy Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs shall receive forty (40) hours of professional time. Professional time may be taken in increments of one (1) hour or more and must be approved by the Appointing Authority. Any unused professional time to an employee’s credit at the close of business on the last day of the first pay period that ends in the month of January shall be paid to the employee at the employee’s forty (40) hour hourly rate in effect at that time. The City Auditor shall make payment within a reasonable period following said pay period. Upon termination for any reason, employees will be paid as part of their terminal pay for all unused professional time hours at the employee’s forty (40) hour hourly rate in effect at the time of separation. In the event of death, payment will be made to the surviving spouse or estate, if there is no surviving spouse.