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M E M O R A N D U M DATE: March 22, 1991 TO: Pleasanton Management Staff FROM: City Manager SUBJECT: Clarification Management Vacation and Sick Leave As you know, management positions within the City have been designated as exempt positions under the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act. What this means is the Act's overtime provisions requiring overtime payments to persons who work in excess of a certain number of hours in a defined work period don't apply to your position. A recent Federal Appellate Court decision stated that if an exempt employee, in the absence of accrued sick leave or vacation leave, had his pay docked for a sick leave or a vacation leave absence of less than a regular work day, the employee would not be entitled to the exemption. Although this situation has never occurred in Pleasanton, if a manager had no accrued sick leave or vacation leave and was absent for less than his /her regular work day, the City would continue the manager's full salary and charge the used hours to the appropriate leave account in the form of a negative balance. Because of this recent court case, it is important that our policy on this issue precisely reflect our practice. We have, therefore, revised those sections of our management compensation plan that address this issue. The revised wording is attached for your information. If you have any questions please consult Larry Miller.