Classified Employee Wage and Overtime Compensation

Policy 412.02:

Each non-exempt employee compensated on an hour-by-hour basis, whether full-or part-time, permanent or temporary, will be paid no less than the prevailing minimum wage.  

Whenever a non-exempt employee must work more than forty hours in a given work week, the employee is compensated at one and one-half times their regular hourly wage rate.  This compensation is in the form of overtime pay or compensatory time.  Overtime will not be permitted without prior authorization of the superintendent.

Each non-exempt employee paid on an hour-by-hour basis must complete, sign, and turn in a daily time record showing the actual number of hours worked.  Failure of the employee to maintain, or falsification of, a daily time record will be grounds for disciplinary action.

It is the responsibility of the board secretary to maintain wage records.

Legal Reference:          Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority, 469 U.S. 528 (1985). 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq. 29 C.F.R. Pt. 511

Cross Reference:         411.03                Classified Employee Contracts

412.01                Classified Employee Compensation

Adopted:          07/18/2023

Reviewed:

Revised:           

The Board of Directors shall establish salary or wage schedules for the various support positions.  Following the adoption of any schedule, the administration shall use that schedule as a guide in contracting with non-certified employees.

Salary and wage schedules and/or guides shall be subject to negotiation through the collective bargaining process with any duly certified bargaining unit which may exist.  Salary and wage schedules and/or guides for employees or groups not covered by a collective bargaining agreement will be reviewed and may be amended at the discretion of the Board of Directors (usually once a year).

Legal Reference:  Iowa Code  20.1, .4, .7, .9, 279.8 (1997)

Cross Reference:  411.3 Contracts for Classified Personnel
                                                    Salary Schedules for Support Personnel
                                      706.1 Payroll Periods
                                      706.2 Payroll Deductions

Adopted:        07/12/84
Reviewed:      07/19/21

CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE GROUP BENEFITS

Code No. 412.3

Classified employees may be eligible for group benefits as determined by the board and required by law. The board will select the group benefit program(s) and the insurance company or third party administrator which will provide or administer the program.

In accordance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), the board will offer classified employees, who are expected to work an average of at least thirty (30) hours per week or one hundred thirty (130) hours per month, based on the measurement method adopted by the board, with minimum essential coverage that is both affordable and provides minimum value. The board will utilize the applicable measurement period to determine whether variable hourly employees qualify for an offer of insurance coverage under the district’s group health plan.  The board will have the authority and right to change or eliminate group benefit programs, other than the group health plan, for its licensed employees.

Classified employees, who work an average of at least thirty (30) hours per week or one hundred thirty (130) hours per month, based on the measurement method adopted by the board, are eligible to participate in the group health plan. Classified employees who work 20 hours per week are eligible to participate in long term disability group insurance plans. Employers should maintain documents regarding eligible employees acceptance and rejection of coverage.

Regular part-time classified employees (i.e., employees who work less than 30 hours per week or 130 hours per month for health benefit purposes or employees who work less than 20 hours per week for benefits other than health) who wish to purchase coverage may participate in group benefit programs by meeting the requirements of the applicable plan. Full-time and regular part-time classified employees who wish to purchase coverage for their spouse or dependents may do so by meeting the requirements of the applicable plan.

Classified employees and their spouse and dependents may be allowed to continue coverage of the school district's group health insurance program if they cease employment with the school district by meeting the requirements of the insurer.

Legal Reference:          Iowa Code §§ 20.9; 85; 85B; 279.12; 509; 509A; 509B.

                                    Internal Revenue Code § 4980H(c)(4); Treas. Reg. § 54.4980H-1(a)(21)(ii).

Shared Responsibility for Employers Regarding Health Coverage, 26 CFR Parts 1, 54 and 301, 78 Fed. Reg. 217, (Jan 2, 2013).

Shared Responsibility for Employers Regarding Health Coverage, 26 CFR Parts 1, 54 and 301, 79 Fed. Reg. 8543 (Feb. 12, 2014).

Cross Reference:          411.1   Classified Employee Defined

Adopted:        07/12/84

Reviewed:      12/19/2022

Revised:          12/19/2022