Standby Hours Worked. Hours worked during a designated standby assignment that occur outside the employee’s regularly scheduled work hours. Xxxxxxx hours worked end once the employee’s regularly scheduled work hours begin.
Standby Hours Worked. A. Standby hours worked begin when the employee is en route to the work site in a City vehicle and will end when the standby employee vacates the City vehicle upon returning to his ending destination from standby duty or when scheduled duty hours begin, whichever is earlier. If a City vehicle is unavailable for use while on standby duty, requiring the standby employee to drive their personal vehicle, the beginning and ending of standby hours worked shall be administered in the same manner as if the standby employee was driving a City vehicle. While using a personal vehicle, the standby employee will be required to submit a log of miles driven while on standby duty for mileage reimbursement from the City. Standby employees, who choose not to drive an available City vehicle home while on standby, shall have standby hours worked begin when they enter the City vehicle to proceed to the work site and end when the employee returns to the location where the City vehicle was acquired.
B. Standby phone calls received at home while on standby duty, not requiring the employee to leave home or report to a specific location, shall be documented as standby hours worked. In order to receive standby pay for phone calls, employees must submit a phone log to their supervisor with the employee’s time sheet.
C. A requirement to work an extended schedule or additional hours while designated standby shall be considered standby hours worked.
