The board of directors shall establish salary schedules and rates of pay for the positions in the district. Salaries for employees with exclusive bargaining representatives shall be negotiated with their certified bargaining representatives in accordance with law.
Unless a collective bargaining agreement prohibits it, the superintendent of schools may deny a salary increase or increment advance to any employee for good cause.
Overtime work must have the prior approval of a nonexempt employee’s supervisor; failure to obtain approval shall result in disciplinary action. Non-exempt employees shall be compensated on an hourly basis, which is at least the minimum wage set by federal or state law, whichever is higher. Non-exempt employees shall be compensated at one and one-half (1.5) times their regular hourly wage rate for work over 40 hours in a work week, or may be granted compensatory time off at the rate of one and one-half (1.5) hours for each hour worked over 40 hours in a work week. A work week shall run from Sunday at 12:01 a.m. to Sunday at 12:01 a.m. Paid holidays, paid vacations and paid leaves of absence shall not count towards the 40 hours. Employees working on holidays shall be paid time and one-half in lieu of holiday pay. If compensatory time is granted and not utilized by the end of the contract year, the employee shall be paid for the time; however, the employee’s supervisor may require compensatory time to be utilized by the end of the contract year rather than overtime pay being paid.
Non-exempt employees shall complete monthly time records showing actual time worked. The time records shall be signed. Failure of the employee to maintain such records or falsification of such records may be grounds for disciplinary action, including immediate discharge.
- First Adoption:
- 2003-03-24
- Reviewed Dates:
- April 24, 2016/ October 7, 2018/ August 6, 2023
- Legal Reference:
- 29 U.S.C. §206 et seq.; 20.7, 20.9, 279.8, 280.14, 294A.5, Code of Iowa