MO HB1598

State employees may use accrued overtime hours as compensatory leave time with supervisor approval.

Nonexempt state employees are entitled to cash payment for overtime or compensatory time at their choice, with annual payout of unused hours beginning January 1, 2006.

Employers are prohibited from requiring nonexempt state employees to take time off during weeks in which they work more than an eight-hour workday or their regularly assigned hours.

Nonexempt employees may retain up to 80 compensatory time hours; requests for cash payment require written notice to the department in increments of at least 20 hours.

Each state department must report quarterly to legislative budget committees and the commissioner of administration regarding accrued overtime hours, dollar equivalents, staffing levels, and personal service fund balances.