52:14-17.13. Work-week for State service; compensation for overtime services
The work week for basic annual salary for employees in the State service, insofar as practicable and except as provided in section 2 of this act, shall not be more than 40 hours; and, notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of law, any employee in the State service who is authorized or required to work in any week more than the hours of work established as the regular and normal work week for that class or agency shall be eligible to receive, at the discretion of the department head with the approval of the State Treasurer, the President of the Civil Service Commission and the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of Treasury, either (1) compensation for the hours worked in excess of the established work week for that class or agency at a rate representing 1 1/2 times the individual's hourly rate calculated by a proration of the annual salary rate of the individual employee, or (2) compensatory time off at the rate of 1 1/2 hours for each hour worked in excess of the established work week for that class or agency.
L.1951, c. 51, p. 400, s. 1. Amended by L.1966, c. 323, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1967; L.1968, c. 52, s. 1, eff. June 5, 1968.