Council moves to end compensatory time for exempt employees, adjusts emergency administrative leave pay
November 05, 2025 | Tuscaloosa City, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
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The staff member said exempt employees historically are expected to flex their schedules with supervisors and that most exempt employees are well compensated. The presenter said the current code limits compensatory time to a 40-hour maximum and that accrued comp time "expires" after about 30 days. "So this is just a request to end that," the staff member said.
On emergency administrative leave, staff described a revision that would allow the mayor to grant administrative leave to nonessential employees during inclement weather and have employees deemed essential receive their regular pay rather than overtime. The presenter cited a 2014 administrative-leave decision that "resulted in, like, a $300,000 cost" and said the proposed change aims to avoid such an outcome in the future.
A councilmember moved and another seconded each item; the council approved both sections by voice vote with members responding "Aye." Minutes and staff direction recorded the actions as motions carried by voice vote. No roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript.
The discussion in the meeting did not include additional details about implementation timelines, ordinance text beyond the core changes, or any identified effective dates. Staff indicated these edits would preserve existing protections for police, fire and nonexempt employees and that supervisors would continue to manage exempt employees' flexible schedules.
Next steps recorded in the meeting: staff will incorporate the amendments into ordinance language for formal adoption and administrative implementation; no specific effective date was stated during the discussion.
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