Rule 60L-32.0071 is amended as follows:

60L-32.0071 Selected Exempt Service Extraordinary Payment Plan.

1. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 60L-34.0031(3), F.A.C., an agency may propose, for Department approval, an agency-wide plan to compensate excluded Selected Exempt Service (SES) employees below the bureau chief or bureau chief comparable level who are directed to work hours in excess of the contracted hours in the regular work period in response to an unforeseen extraordinary event or occurrence to provide agency mission critical services to the public subject to the following:

   1. (a) The plan must be activated in writing by the agency head or designee and must document how the unforeseen extraordinary event or occurrence impacts recipients of agency mission critical services to justify plan activation.
   2. (b) Plan activation shall be contingent upon the availability of adequate budget and funds for the compensation payments and shall include a beginning and ending date.
   3. (c) The agency head or designee shall notify the Executive Office of the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House and the Department immediately upon each plan activation or extension by providing a copy of the activation or extension letter and any supporting documentation.
   4. (d) Payment shall be made at the employee’s straight time hourly regular rate of pay on an hour-for-hour basis for any hours worked in excess of the contracted hours during the regular work period.
   5. (e) All hours worked in excess of the contracted hours in the regular work period and compensated as a result of a plan activation for an extraordinary event or occurrence shall be recorded in the State Personnel System Human Resource Information System using the code designated for SES Extraordinary Pay unless otherwise instructed by the Department.
   6. (f) A record must be maintained of all hours worked and payments made in connection with each plan activation.

2. (2) An agency with an activated SES extraordinary payment plan as provided in subsection (1) may provide extraordinary payment to excluded SES employees at the bureau chief or bureau chief comparable level who are directed to work hours in excess of the contracted hours in the regular work period in order to cope with the emergency conditions underlying Executive Order 2026-033, and any extensions thereto. Agencies are not required to submit to the Department an additional SES extraordinary payment plan in order to provide compensation under this subsection.

   

   

   

   

Rulemaking Authority 110.1055, 110.201(1), 110.602, 110.605(1), (2) FS. Law Implemented 110.201, 110.603 FS. History–New 10-8-12, Supersedes 60L-32.0071, 4-28-26.