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Subcommittee clarifies overtime rules, moves policy changes forward
Summary
The subcommittee consolidated and clarified language on overtime calculation (specifying a 40-hour work week), approval requirements, and affected-employee definitions; members emphasized that the district remains legally obligated to pay overtime even when overtime was not preapproved and voted to move the revised policy forward.
The Conewago Valley policies subcommittee revised Policy 330 (overtime) to clarify when overtime pay applies and how it is calculated.
Staff presented recommended edits to remove ambiguous phrasing "established work week" and replace it with an explicit 40-hour work week standard for calculating overtime. Counsel and administrators explained that under the Fair Labor Standards Act, overtime pay at time-and-one-half is owed for hours worked in excess of…
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