Utah Admin. Code 477-8-10

Current through Bulletin No. 2024-21, November 1, 2024
Section R477-8-10 - On-call Time
(1) Management may direct an employee to be available for on-call work.
(a) Management shall compensate an FLSA non-exempt employee for on-call time at a rate of one hour for every 12 hours the employee is on-call.
(b) Management may compensate an FLSA exempt employee at a rate equal to or less than one hour for every 12 hours the employee is on-call.
(2) Time is considered on-call time when the employee has freedom of movement in personal matters as long as the employee is available for a call to duty. An employee may not be in on-call status while using leave or while otherwise unable to respond to a call to duty.
(3) Management may not enter into on-call agreements with employees unless the agency has a policy consistent with this rule and finance policy.
(4) On-call status shall be designated by management in writing on an annual basis. Carrying a pager or cell phone does not constitute on-call time without this written agreement.
(5) The employee shall record the hours spent in on-call status, and any actual hours worked, on the official time record for the specific date the hours were incurred to be paid.
(6) An employee may not record on-call hours and actual hours worked for the same period of time. On-call hours, actual hours worked, and leave hours cannot exceed 24 hours in a day.
(7) An employee shall round on-call hours to the nearest two decimal places. Hours of on-call pay are calculated by subtracting the number of hours worked in the on-call period from the number of hours in the on-call period then dividing the result by 12.
(8) Management may not compensate on-call employees less than outlined in Subsections (1) through (7) but may provide additional compensation as permitted by budgets and consistent applications of rules, policies, and discretion.

Utah Admin. Code R477-8-10

Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2017-14, effective 7/1/2017
Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2017-18, effective 8/30/2017
Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2018-14, effective 7/1/2018
Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2019-14, effective 7/1/2019
Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2019-23, effective 11/7/2019
Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2020-13, effective 7/1/2020
Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2021-14, effective 7/1/2021
Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2022-13, effective 7/1/2022