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Compensatory Leave                                          before overtime is worked. Overtime is
                                                                      defined as work performed beyond 40
          Non-exempt TEAMS and USPS employees are                     hours within one workweek. Use of paid
          eligible to earn compensatory leave in certain              leave, such as vacation or sick time, is not
          situations. Upon reasonable notice, supervisors             included in the calculation. Cash payment
          or other appropriate UF administrators may                  for purposes of overtime compensation
          require employees to use any part of accrued                is on the basis of one and one-half times
          overtime, special, or regular compensatory                  (1.5x) an employee’s regular hourly rate
          leave at any time deemed advisable. Employees               of pay for each hour of overtime worked
          who have accrued compensatory leave may be                  within one workweek. If the employee
          required to use such leave before using vacation            agrees to accrue overtime compensatory
          leave.                                                      leave as an alternative to payment, the
                                                                      leave is also accrued at 1.5 hours of leave
          There are three types of compensatory                       for each hour worked.
          leave: overtime compensatory leave, regular
          compensatory leave, and special compensatory                y Regular Compensatory Leave. Full-time
          leave. The maximum accrual rate for both                    exempt USPS employees who are required
          regular and overtime compensatory leave is 120              to work more than 40 hours in a workweek
          hours.                                                      are eligible to earn regular compensatory
                                                                      leave. For every hour they work beyond
                y Overtime Compensation. Non-exempt                   40 hours within a workweek, they receive
               (i.e., hourly and overtime eligible) USPS              one hour of compensatory leave. Part-time
               and TEAMS employees are either paid for                exempt USPS employees who are required
               overtime work or are compensated with                  to work more than their FTE are also
               overtime compensatory leave—if agreed                  eligible to earn regular compensatory leave
               upon by the employee and the department
                                                                      on an hour-for-hour basis.

                                                                      y Special Compensatory Leave. Special
                                                                      compensatory leave has an hour-for-
                                                                      hour value and can only be earned in
                                                                      conjunction with holidays or certain
                                                                      types of administrative leave. USPS and
                                                                      non-exempt TEAMS employees, with the
                                                                      exception of employees receiving workers’
                                                                      compensation salary payments, are eligible
                                                                      to earn special compensatory leave credits.


                                                                On-Call & Call Back


                                                                On-call pay is additional compensation paid at
                                                                the discretion of vice presidents to staff. An on-
                                                                call employee is an employee who is required
                                                                to be available to be called in to work during
                                                                off-duty hours to respond to emergency alerts
                                                                or calls. These employees may be compensated



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