At-will employee: An employee may voluntarily leave employment or may be terminated by the Town at any time with or without cause.

Compensatory time: Time off equal to one and one-half (1½) times hours worked in excess of forty (40) hours physically worked in a week.

Distribution: As used in this policy includes the passing out of any type of literature, advertising, handbills, circulars, forms, or any other memorabilia.

Employee: Any person in the employ of the Town in any status.

Exempt: Employee classified as executive, administrative, or professional according to provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), plus any elected official.

Holiday pay: As used in this policy, pay based on eight (8) hours of straight base pay. Holiday compensation for police officers is based on twelve (12) hour shifts and shifts of twenty-four (24) hours on/forty-eight (48) hours off for firefighters.

Hourly: Employee paid an hourly rate biweekly based upon a forty (40) hour workweek.

Nonexempt: All employees that do not meet the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) exempt provision.

Nonwork area: Is any area on or off the Town's premises not designed as a work area.

Nonwork time: As used in this manual, includes any time during an employee's workday where the employee is completely relieved of work duties, such as break time and lunch time. Whether an employee is in paid or unpaid status during these times is immaterial to the designation of nonwork time.

Salaried: Employee paid a predetermined amount of compensation biweekly based upon a forty (40) hour workweek.

Solicitation: As used in this policy includes, but is not limited to, an act which requests, urges or seeks to induce an employee: to give or obligate him/her to pay money for any cause or for any reason; or to sign any document indicating membership in any obligation, association or group, or indicating support for or a pledge to any such organization, association, or group.

Town: The Town of St. John.

Work area: As used in this policy includes, but is not limited to, offices, work sites, locations, conference rooms, common areas, and corridors leading directly thereto, and such other areas, which are essential to the performance of an employee's duties.

Work week: As used in this policy means the scheduled starting and quitting time each week as determined by the Town Council or Town Manager.

Work time: As used in this policy, includes all of the time when an employee's duties require that he/she be engaged in work tasks, but does not include the employee's own time such as meal periods, scheduled breaks, and time before or after a work shift.