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An employee having completed his/her regular duty shift and called back to work from home because of an emergency incident shall, upon reporting to work within a reasonable time after notification and commencing with the time of notification,receive not less than four hours overtime compensated at one and one-half(1 and 1/2)times his/her twenty-four(24)hour rate of pay. A reasonable time is defined as drive time from home plus 'h hour,unless otherwise approved by the duty chief. 7.2 Procedures For Filling Absences: Overtime shall be determined and filled pursuant to Department policy and the provisions of this MOU. 7.3 Overtime Compensation Overtime shall be paid in accordance with the contractual overtime provisions of this MOU and the Fair Labor Standards Act("FLSA")at any time the FLSA applies to municipal governments. A. Suppression/FLSA 7(k)Exempt Employees: Any authorized time worked in excess of the employee's regular shift schedule(i.e.contractual overtime)or the maximum hours threshold for a 24 day FLSA work cycle shall be considered overtime. B. Fire Prevention personnel/40 Hour Employees: B.1. Any authorized time worked in excess of the employee's regular workweek shall be considered overtime. Overtime compensation shall be compensable at the rate of one and one-half(1.5)times the employee's regular straight time rate of pay. B.2. Fire Prevention personnel have the option to accrue compensatory time off in lieu of overtime pay at the rate of one and one-half(1.5)hours for each hour worked. Compensatory time may be accrued but the total balance may not exceed one hundred and twenty(120)hours at any time. Compensatory time off may be taken in lieu of overtime payment in accordance with the FLSA. Such time off shall be mutually agreeable to the employee and the supervisor taking into account(a)the normal schedule of work,(b)the anticipated peak hour workload based on past experience and(c)any emergency requirements for staff and services. Once an employee has accrued one hundred and twenty (120) hours of compensatory time off, the employee shall be paid for overtime worked until such time as the balance drops below the cap. With written notice prior to June 1s`and December l of each year,an employee may request to have all accrued compensatory time off paid to the employee on a separate payroll check. B.3. Fire Prevention personnel who are called back or otherwise requested to respond after 2200 hours shall be allowed to delay their normal start time by the number of hours worked after 2200,if scheduled to work the same or next day. An employee shall be required to work a full shift,regardless of starting time.