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comp time

n. Informal
Compensatory time.
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comp′ time`


n.
time off from work, granted to an employee in lieu of overtime pay.
[comp(ensatory) time]
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This bill changes federal overtime law to allow employees the "choice" of declining to accept time and a half for overtime laws in favor of comp time. As we all know, if this bill passes, the "choice" of whether to take compensation will probably be coerced, and would, in all honesty, be more likely to be an employer's choice, rather than an employee's choice.
"Guy (Bax) took overtime and comp time, and even when Bax was acting director, I still got overtime for fires and demos, because, I was then, and still am, the chief code enforcement officer."
Additionally, comp time was tracked by each department and not linked centrally.
It recognizes that the administrator often conducts town business outside normal office hours; subsequently, according to the contract, he is allowed to take compensatory time off as he deems appropriate, providing of course that such comp time does not interfere with his administrative duties.