Essential Pay for Eligible Employees | Montgomery College, Maryland

Essential employees required to report to work onsite during Code Orange or Code Red status will be compensated in accordance with the AFSCME collective bargaining agreementnew window or the College’s policies and procedures, as appropriate.

Essential Pay – Overtime (formerly EPO in Banner)

EPO is to be reported in addition to regularly scheduled hours during an applicable operational status change (operational status changes will be in effect for 24 hours unless otherwise stated).
Only essential personnel required to work onsite during regularly scheduled hours within the operational status change are eligible for EPO.
EPO pay premium is 1.5x regular rate for all hours during the operational status change, plus 1x regular rate for the regularly scheduled hours worked, for total of 2.5x regular rate for all applicable EPO hours.

Essential Pay – Premium (formerly EPP in Banner)

EPP is to be reported for any hours worked during an applicable operational status change (operational status changes will be in effect for 24 hours unless otherwise stated).
Only essential personnel required to work onsite outside of regularly scheduled hours during the operational status change are eligible for EPP.
EPP pay premium is 2.5x regular rate for all applicable EPP hours worked.

Time Entry Guidance

Essential employees must use the correct time entry codes during College closures and supervisors must review for accuracy before approving timesheets:

If an essential employee is scheduled to work on a full or partial day the College is closed, but not required to report to work, they must use Operational Status Change Time Off for the full shift, up to eight (8) hours.
If an essential employee is scheduled to work during a closure and required to report to work, they must use regular hours for the total hours worked, up to eight (8) hours, and EPO for the total number of hours worked during the College closure. The EPO entry will provide the additional 1.5 times pay for the applicable number of hours.
If an essential employee is NOT scheduled to work during a closure and required to report to work, they must use EPP ONLY. EPP hours should ONLY be in addition to an employee’s 40 regular weekly hours. The EPP entry will provide 2.5 times pay for the applicable number of hours. It may be appropriate for an essential employee to follow EPO time entry guidance and EPP time entry guidance in the same day if required to work more hours than scheduled during a college closure.

In all cases, an essential employee’s total Regular hours must add up to at least 40 hours worked in the week, including regular hours worked and approved time off, to allow annual and sick time offs to accrue correctly. Failure to ensure the full workweek is accounted for with regular and time off hours will result in incomplete annual and sick time off accruals.

More information on what to do when the College is closed, has a delayed opening, or is closes early for any reason visit Closures and Delaysnew window.