The Human Resources Director shall allocate all job classes to the following described work groups for purposes of determining categories of employees to be compensated by monetary payment or comp time off. The Director‘s decision shall be final; provided that prior to changing the work group of an existing class covered by this MOU the Director shall notify the Association of the contemplated change and if requested, discuss with the Association the reasons for the work group change.

Work Group 1: Employees in Work Group I are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and may be compensated for overtime worked either by monetary payment or by compensatory time off, up to the cap permissible under Section 8.3 of this MOU, at the option of the employee. All monetary payments for overtime must be paid not later than the next biweekly payroll following the pay period in which the overtime was worked. Should the County through some future Federal ruling be exempted from FLSA, the County shall revert to the base rate for the computation of overtime.