How is the DOC Correctional Officers 11.5 hours applied to the comp buckets? Is it applied once the 50% is reached or at the beginning of the month?
Officers do not have 11.5 hours of comp time. Built-in Comp time is a scheduling tool – not actual earned comp time. DOC employees should record all of the hours they work, and all of their absences in the period. Employees do not earn comp time until they 1) complete their period and 2) work hours in excess of their planned hours. Any normal absence in the period should be entered as 9000 – Approved Leave, 9200 Sick Leave, or 9300 Holiday Leave. When an employee records a 9000 absence, it will consume EXISTING comp time, earned in a prior period, not ‘BIC’, so the employee should not reflect Leave taken if the absence isn’t a true absence but instead a scheduled day off to keep their hours to 160 for the period. Also note that if the employee does not have comp time, it will draw from vacation or bonus. Employees are not required to make an entry just because they are scheduled to work. Employees are required to meet their minimum work hours for the period, and reflect leave if their
