PERSONNEL
60.59
Revised 12-05
Human Resource Services
335-4521
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ELIGIBILITY
Employees in certain faculty, administrative professional, civil service, and collective bargaining unit positions are eligible for overtime compensation.
Faculty and Administrative Professionals
Human Resource Services (HRS) determines the eligibility of positions for overtime compensation. Such determinations are based upon position audits using Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA) criteria.
Civil Service Employees
Civil service employees receive compensation in accordance with WAC 357-28.
Collective Bargaining Unit Employees
The applicable collective bargaining unit agreement establishes each collective bargaining unit employee's eligibility for overtime compensation.
OVERTIME SUMMARY
Faculty and APs
For overtime-eligible faculty and administrative professional (AP) employees, overtime compensation is based upon a forty-hour workweek. Work in excess of forty hours in one workweek is compensated at time and one-half.
APs Holidays / Leave With Pay
For AP employees, all paid holidays during the employee's regular work schedule are considered time worked. Leave with pay during the employee's regular work schedule is not considered time worked for purposes of determining overtime eligibility.
Civil Service Employees
For most overtime-eligible civil service employees, overtime compensation is based upon hours of work in excess of forty hours in one workweek, in accordance with WAC 357-28-255. All paid holidays during the employee's regular work schedule are considered time worked. Leave with pay during the employee's regular work schedule is not considered time worked for purposes of determining overtime eligibility.
Work in excess of forty hours in one workweek is compensated at time and one-half. (WAC 357-28-260)
Part-Time
For overtime-eligible part-time civil service employees, work in excess of the regular part-time schedule up to forty hours in one workweek is compensated as straight time. Time worked in excess of forty hours in a workweek is compensated at time and one-half.
OVERTIME COMPENSATION
Overtime-eligible employees receive cash payments for overtime. However, at the employee's request, an employing official may approve compensatory time off in lieu of cash. (WAC 357-28-275) Compensatory time may be approved only for hours which are in excess of forty hours in a workweek and are compensated at time and one-half.
Overtime compensation includes shift differentials, hazardous conditions pay, and other pay in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Upon request, Human Resource Services provides specific information regarding compensatory time or payment for overtime worked.
NOTE: The accumulation of unused compensatory time at WSU may not exceed 240 hours. Any additional overtime must be paid in cash. (WAC 357-28-295) Appointing authorities may establish compensatory time maximums of less than 240 hours.
HOLIDAY WORKED (Civil Service Employees)
Overtime-Eligible
Full-time overtime-eligible civil service employees receive eight hours of pay, plus premium pay at time and one-half for all hours worked on a WSU-designated holiday. (WAC 357-28-200)
A part-time employee receives regular holiday pay on the same pro rata basis that his or her monthly schedule bears to a full-time schedule, plus premium pay at time and one-half for all hours worked on a WSU-designated holiday.
Compensatory time off may be granted at the request of the employee in lieu of monetary payment.
Overtime-Exempt
Overtime-exempt civil service employees do not qualify for holiday premium pay.
WORK ON SCHEDULED DAY OFF (Civil Service Employees)
A full-time overtime eligible civil service employee who is assigned by her or his employer to work on a scheduled day off receives time and one-half overtime compensation for hours worked.
Compensatory time off may be granted at the request of the employee in lieu of monetary payment.