4901.00 | Definition of Terms

  1. “Work week” begins at 12:01 AM on Sunday and ends at 12 midnight on Saturday.
  2. “Work year”
    1. "School year" is based on the actual number of student school days. Normally 180 days minus teacher in-service and parent/teacher conference days.
    2. "12 month" is base on a 12-month period from July 1 to June 30, 260 days/year including paid holiday.s
  3. “Full-time employee” is any employee whose usually scheduled work is forty (40) hours in a workweek.  “Part-time employee” is any employee whose usually scheduled work is less than forty (40) hours in a workweek.
  4. “Temporary employee” is an employee hired to a position that may be recurring in nature but has intermittent work periods of limited duration.
  5. “Exempt employee” is a classified employee who is ineligible for overtime pay because he/she is salaried and serves in an administrative/supervisory position.
  6. “Nonexempt employee” is a classified employee who performs hourly work or piecework and is eligible for overtime pay.
  7. “Overtime work” is time worked in excess of forty (40) hours in a work week.
  8. “Compensatory time” is approved time off from duty provided in lieu of overtime hours worked. 
  9.  “Additional Work Hours” are those hours worked in addition to regularly scheduled hours and not more than forty (40) hours per week. They are paid in the month earned and are not included in benefits determination. They are irregular in nature and not consistent from week to week or from work year to work year.