8.1
Shift differential pay, for the purpose of this Section, is defined as pay at a rate which is one step (5.74%) above the employee's base pay in the salary range for their classification. If the base pay is at the top step, shift differential pay shall be computed at one step (5.74%) above such base pay.
Notwithstanding the paragraph above, the monthly shift differential pay for full-time employees shall be at least $35.00 above the employee's base pay, to be prorated for part-time employees.
8.2
Employees shall be paid shift differential for all hours so worked between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. To be eligible for shift differential, such shifts must be approved by the Department Head or designee. Time worked on a flexible schedule requested by the employee and approved by the supervisor shall not be eligible for shift differential.
8.3 Application of Differential
Employees who have been regularly working a shift described in Section 8.2 or 8.2 above for thirty (30) or more days immediately preceding a paid holiday, or the commencement of a vacation, or the commencement of a paid sick leave period, or compensatory time off, as the case may be, the applicable differential shall be included in such employee's holiday pay, vacation pay, paid sick leave or paid compensatory time. The vacation, sick leave, holiday and compensatory time off pay of an employee on a rotating shift shall include the differential such employee would have received had he/she been working during such period.
Differential is not included when an employee elects to be compensated for overtime by compensatory time (i.e., compensatory time is paid at the employee’s rate of pay when the time is used, not at the rate at which it was earned).