Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 28 - Ports and Airports › Part 305 - Personnel Guidelines, Policies and Procedures › Chapter 2 - Work Rules › Rule 28-305-2.3 - Overtime/Special Overtime

Current through June 25, 2024
Supervisors shall establish work schedules to meet efficient,
				  productive, and smooth Port authority operations. Work schedules shall be
				  established to meet Port operational requirements, but shall, to the extent
				  practical and feasible, be designed to avoid overtime hours. When an employee's
				  supervisor determines that it is necessary, an employee will be required to
				  work overtime. When needed, employees shall be expected to work overtime unless
				  an employee notifies his or her supervisor in advance that they are unable to
				  do so for a good and acceptable reason, and the employee's supervisor approves
				  that reason.
A. Failure to work
				overtime, when requested, will result in disciplinary action. Supervisors may
				exclude employees from overtime.
B.
				Overtime:
1.
Exempt Managerial
				Employees
: Employees who are identified as exempt managerial are
				employed on the basis that they will carry out their job functions effectively,
				without regard for the time required in their performance. At the discretion of
				the Executive Director, compensatory time off may be given in lieu of all
				overtime worked. When it is essential that an exempt managerial employee work
				during an official state holiday, the employee may receive credit for
				compensatory leave.
2.
Non-exempt Employees
: Employees who are identified as non-exempt
				shall be entitled to overtime pay. Over-time shall be compensated as specified
				in Chapter III Pay Policy.
3.
Special Overtime (Line Handling):
Line Handling functions at the
				Mississippi State Port Authority at Gulfport are the responsibilities of the
				Port Authority's operations, maintenance, and mechanical handling departments.
				All employees within the operations, maintenance, and mechanical handling
				departments may be assigned to line handling duties unless the employee has a
				good reason not to be assigned, and the employee's supervisor has approved the
				reason. The Operations Manager shall be responsible for preparing monthly
				schedules for employees to perform line handling duties and responsibilities.
				The monthly schedule shall be posted, indicating the employees responsible for
				line handling. Regardless of hours worked, employees who are called in for line
				handling duties between 1801 hours and 0659 hours shall be compensated at sixty
				dollars ($60.00) per vessel. Line handling duties between the hours of 0700 and
				1800 are considered "on the clock" and will not be paid the sixty dollars ($60)
				per vessel call. If the line handling duties between these hours result in
				overtime, then the employee is entitled to overtime pay. Gate security and the
				scheduled operations personnel will maintain records for all line handling
				duties and responsibilities and submit those records to the Port Authority's
				Finance Department for payroll purposes.
4.
Special Overtime (Emergency)
:
				All non-exempt employees who are called in on an emergency basis will receive
				compensation for two (2) hours at a rate of time and one-half. If the call-in
				requires more than two (2) hours and the total time worked during that weekly
				pay period exceeds 40 hours, then all time worked on the call-in which
				contributes to the over 40 hours will be credited as time and one-half. But, if
				the call-in time exceeds two (2) hours and the total time worked in that weekly
				pay period does not add up to 40 hours, then all time worked during the call-in
				that exceeds two (2) hours will be compensated at straight time only.
5.
Change of Employee Schedule
:
				Employees whose schedules may be changed in advance due to operation's
				necessity or other unforeseen events will be compensated at straight time rates
				unless the scheduled work week runs into more than 40 hours. Then overtime is
				computed for all time exceeding 40 hours.
6.
Employees on leave:
Employees
				on leave will not normally be called in during the leave period. However, if an
				emergency makes it necessary to call in an employee on leave, his/her leave
				status will automatically terminate when he/she reports to work. Double
				compensation (compensation for leave in addition to the call-in pay) will not
				be paid. The above emergency leave termination provision does not apply to
				those employees on leave under the Americans with Disabilities Act or the
				Family and Medical Leave Act.