NAC284.2535. Compensatory time: Firefighters.

     1. A firefighter who works a 24-hour shift and who elects to receive compensatory time off for the overtime he or she works is entitled to accrue 2.1 hours of compensatory time for each hour of overtime worked.

     2. If a firefighter receives a cash payment for his or her accrued compensatory time, the payment must be calculated at his or her normal rate of pay.

     3. When a firefighter is appointed to a job classification with a work schedule of 40 hours per week, the compensatory time of the firefighter must be converted to the amount of compensatory time that would have been accrued if the firefighter worked 40 hours per week.

     4. When an employee with a work schedule of 40 hours per week is appointed to a job as a firefighter with an average work schedule of 56 hours per week, the compensatory time of the employee must be converted to the amount of compensatory time that would have been accrued if the person worked 56 hours per week.

     (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Personnel, 9-13-91, eff. 10-1-91; A 12-26-91; 3-27-92; R147-01, 1-22-2002)