Agency-Specific Provisions
Stand-By/On-Call Pay

Certain agencies are authorized to pay employees for the periods of time when the employee is not actually performing work but is required to remain at, near or able to return to a duty station when called upon. This is known as stand-by or on-call pay.

Texas Facilities Commission

The Texas Facilities Commission may pay compensation for on-call time at the following rates:

• Credit for one hour worked for each day on-call during the normal work week.
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• Credit for two hours worked for each day on-call during weekends and on holidays.

This credit is in addition to actual hours worked during normal duty hours or actual hours worked during on-call status.

For FLSA nonexempt employees, an hour of on-call service is considered an hour worked for the purposes of the FLSA only to the extent required by federal law.

Source

General Appropriations Act (GAA), Article I, Rider 9 in the appropriations to the Texas Facilities Commission.

Department of Family and Protective Services

The Department of Family and Protective Services may pay compensation for on-call time at the following rates:

• Credit for one hour of base pay worked for each day on-call during the normal work week.
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• Credit for two hours of base pay worked for each day on-call during weekends and on holidays.

This credit is in addition to actual hours worked during normal duty hours or actual hours worked during on-call status.

For FLSA nonexempt employees, an hour of on-call service is considered an hour worked for the purposes of the FLSA only to the extent required by federal law.

Source

GAA, Article II, Rider 21 in the appropriations to the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Health and Human Services Commission

The Health and Human Services Commission may pay employees of mental health state hospitals and state-supported living centers compensation for on-call time at the following rates:

• Credit for one hour of base pay worked for each day on-call during the normal work week.
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• Credit for two hours of base pay worked for each day on-call during weekends and on holidays.

This credit is in addition to actual hours worked during normal duty hours or actual hours worked during on-call status.

For FLSA nonexempt employees, an hour of on-call service is considered an hour worked for the purposes of the FLSA only to the extent required by federal law.

Source

GAA, Article II, Rider 103 in the appropriations to the Health and Human Services Commission.

Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

The Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired may pay compensation for on-call time at the following rates:

• Credit for one hour worked for each day on-call during the normal work week.
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• Credit for two hours worked for each day on-call during weekends and on holidays.

This credit is in addition to actual hours worked during normal duty hours or actual hours worked during on-call status.

For FLSA nonexempt employees, an hour of on-call service is considered an hour worked for the purposes of the FLSA only to the extent required by federal law.

Source

GAA, Article III, Rider 7 in the appropriations to the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

Texas Department of Transportation

The Texas Department of Transportation may pay compensation for on-call time at the following rates:

• Credit for one hour worked for each day on-call during the normal work week.
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• Credit for two hours worked for each day on-call during weekends and on holidays.

This credit is in addition to actual hours worked during normal duty hours or actual hours worked during on-call status.

For FLSA nonexempt employees, an hour of on-call service is considered an hour worked for the purposes of the FLSA and employees will receive FLSA overtime rates for the on-call duty.

Source

GAA, Article VII, Rider 16(c) in the appropriations to the Department of Transportation.