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day a month, thus setting a minimum and
not a maximum. He felt the Commission is
arbitrarily trying to hold the employees to
a minimum basic period, and he believed
the statement entirely out of order that it
was the intent to allow only a day a month.
Mr. R. M. Smith said that the Civil Ser
vice Commission Director pointed out that
one of the jobs of the Civil Service Com
mission was to see that each group was
treated the same— no discrimination— and
that to allow vacation credit for one group
working 40 hours a week and not charge
them for Saturday would be discrimination
against the group working 48 hours a week
and charged with Saturday they take off.
It was pointed out, however, that extra
compensation accrues to workers on longer
work weeks.
Mr. Erickson said he did not believe the
employees working on 40 hours a week
basis would desire that any affirmative
action be taken on the resolution, that they
were happy with the five day week and
would recognize and sympathize with the
Civil Service Commission and try to be
fair. He moved that the matter be referred
to the Laws and Legislation Committee for
whatever action they may seet fit to take.
Motion carried.
Mr. McCroskie said he had been in
structed b y the Albany Chapter to learn
why vacation could not be accumulated as
allowed by law. As he understood it at the
meeting vacation could not be accumulated
from one year to another so that the em
ployee could take a months’s vacation.
Mr. White stated that it can be accumu
lated to the total amount of 26 days.
Item 5 on Agenda: Relating to foreman and
helpers receiving overtime pay for emer
gency duty outside of working hours.
This had been referred to Mr. Leo Smith
who stated that from a legal standpoint
there is nothing to prevent the overtime
payment under such circumstances and
also that he went one step further and
checked with the Civil Service Commission
regulations. In discussing the matter with
Mr. Johnson, Director of the Civil Service
Commission, he said he felt something
ought to be done. Sooner or later it will
come to a showdown and give the man
overtime pay or exchange hours.
Mr. Erickson said he felt this was a
question in which the Board should take
affirmative action. If people are required to
put in overtime, they should be paid for it.
This is particularly a Highway problem. A l
so the Tax Commission has required some
overtime and they permit employees to
work overtime and they pay them overtime,
even those receiving $300 or more a month.
He said the Civil Service Commission has
changed its payment of time, converted
monthly rate to hourly rate. If one class
gets paid for overtime and you have another
department where they require overtime
work and tell the employee he has to take
exchange time, he w ill not get paid, we
should take definite affirm ative action and
correct this.
Mr. Query said this was one of the best
opportunities to do something. The Tax
Commission has paid overtime during the
tax rush. Mr. Query had obtained figures
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on how much some were getting with their
overtime. He stated that the Highway Com
mission have a lot of monthly employees
who are subject to call at any time of day
or night, particularly during the winter,
and some work as many as twenty-four
hours during an emergency. Once in a
while someone will get paid, but only once
in a while. He said that he believed the
matter should be taken before the depart
ment and it should be cited what other
departments are doing.
Mr. Query moved that the problem of
overtime pay in lieu of exchange time be
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