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Calvert County HR proposes changes to pay plan, comp time and overtime; board asks for fiscal notes
Summary
Human Resources brought proposed amendments to Chapter 86 Part 3 on March 11, offering options to change how the county calculates overtime, limits compensatory time and pays various premium and emergency response allowances; the board asked staff for fiscal notes before any vote.
Calvert County Human Resources presented proposed revisions to Part 3 (pay plan and adjustments) of Chapter 86 at a March 11 work session, outlining changes to overtime calculations, compensatory‑time policy, shift differential, standby pay and other premium pay elements.
Melanie Woodson, Human Resources Director, and Dina Davis, HR deputy and project manager, said the overall goal is to “simplify, deconflict, update, and render best practices” for county personnel policy. Woodson emphasized the county currently provides more generous overtime and comp‑time rules than the Fair Labor Standards Act requires: "Calvert County is currently more generous than the FLSA requires us to be," she said.
Key proposals presented by HR and finance staff included: - Two overtime‑calculation options: (1) follow FLSA and pay time‑and‑a‑half for hours worked over 40 in a workweek; or (2) require time‑and‑a‑half for hours over 35 for employees whose regular full‑time week is 35 hours and over 40 for 40‑hour employees. HR noted surveyed peer counties pay…
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