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8.3 Mandatory Meetings, Special Events, or Assigned Work Outside Shift Employees who staff a special event or are ordered to perform any official duties outside of their regularly scheduled work hours shall receive a minimum of four(4) hours of pay at time and one-half(1 %) unless the assigned work is contiguous with the beginning or end of the employees' regular shift. Employees participating in work covered in this section lasting less than four(4)hours may, at the discretion of the Watch Commander, be assigned to additional law enforcement duties that the Watch Commanders deems legitimate and meaningful to cover the four hours. The Watch Commander will not cause officers to perform frivolous and unnecessary work in order to cover the four-hour time period. Employees who are required to attend a virtual meeting outside of their regularly scheduled work hours shall receive a minimum of two (2) hours of pay at time and one-half(1 ''/2)hours unless the assigned work is contiguous with the beginning or end of the employees' regular shift. Virtual Meeting attendance shall require prior approval of a supervisor or manager. 8.4 Payment Employees may be compensated for overtime worked either by monetary payment or by compensatory time off at the option of the employee. Compensatory time shall accrue at the rate of one and one-half times the overtime hours worked up to a maximum accrual of one- hundred and twenty-five (125) hours. After one hundred and twenty-five (125)hours, all overtime worked shall be paid. 8.5 Use of Compensatory Time off Compensatory time must be taken in minimum of one (1) hour increments, except that after the first hour compensatory time may be taken in minimum increments of one half(1/2) hour. Utilization of compensatory time off shall be by mutual agreement between the Chief of Police and the employee. Requests for compensatory time off more than sixty (60) days beyond the date of the request will generally not be accepted. Employees will be notified of the status of their request within fifteen(15) days of submission of the request. Twice per year, employees may be paid for all accrued compensatory time. Said payments shall be made on the first pay date on or after May 1 st and on the first-pay date on or after November 1St. Written requests for payment must be made by the employee fifteen days in advance of the first pay date in May and November. Section 9. Court Time 9.1 Local Employees who are ordered to report to work during their off-duty hours or who are assigned to or placed on telephone stand-by for the purpose of responding to a subpoena or other official notice to appear in court or at Department of Motor Vehicle hearings within the Livermore- Pleasanton Judicial District and who do so at the specified time shall receive a minimum of four(4) hours pay at time and one-half(1-1/2). This provision does not apply to instances where employees are ordered to report to work less than four(4) hours prior to their regular starting time or are held over less than four(4) hours after their regular quitting time for the purpose of appearing in court. Compensation may be in the form of monetary payment or compensatory time off. On-call Department of Motor Vehicle Hearings shall be subject to compensation as outlined in this section. 9