Policies & Procedures
Classified Employees
Stand-by Pay
(updated 09/12/2006 )

General Information

Classified employees in non-exempt positions (positions that are eligible for overtime compensation) are eligible for stand-by pay. Stand-by pay is one dollar ($1.00) per hour for each hour the employee is required to serve on stand-by time. Stand-by time means a period of time outside an employee's regularly scheduled work hours, during which the employee is required to remain available within a specified response time.

Each employee on stand-by who is called in to work shall be compensated for the actual hours worked at the appropriate rate of pay. Such an employee shall not be paid stand-by pay for the hours actually worked.

If an employee is restricted to a particular telephone number at a location designated by the supervisor, the employee shall be compensated at his or her regular rate of pay and shall not receive stand-by pay.

An employee who is either on stand-by or restricted to a particular telephone number and who is not available when called, must present reasonable justification for failure to report when called. If reasonable justification is not presented, the employee shall lose stand-by pay for that stand-by period and may be subject to disciplinary action.

Reporting Stand-by Pay

Reporting Example -- Stand-By Pay

Steve Standby regularly works from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. He is on stand-by every other Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. During the pay period 2/9/97 - 2/22/97, he was called in on his stand-by Saturday as follows:

2/15/97 -- Called in; worked from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

He is eligible for overtime compensation for the 2 hours worked on 2/15/97 because he worked more than 40 hours that week.

Click here to see the time sheet for this example.