§ 37.15. HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT.  


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  • (A) The Metro Government, before advertising for bids, shall include with the schedule of wages a provision that no laborer, workman, or mechanic shall be permitted to work more than eight hours in one calendar day, which shall constitute a legal day's work; nor more than 40 hours in one week, which shall constitute a legal workweek, except in cases of emergency caused by fire, flood or damage to life or property. This limitation of work hours shall be made a part of the specifications for the work and printed on bid blanks where the work is done by contract and shall be incorporated as a part of each contract.
    (B) No laborer, workman, or mechanic shall be permitted to work more than eight hours in any one calendar day, not more than 40 hours in any one week, except in cases of emergency caused by fire, flood, or damage to life or property, on the construction of public works which is being constructed under contract with the Metro Government.
    (C) Any laborer, workman, or mechanic worked in excess of eight hours per day or 40 hours per week, except in cases of emergency, shall be paid not less than one and one-half times the basic hourly rate of pay as defined and fixed under this chapter for all overtime worked, and each contract with the Metro Government for the construction of public works shall so provide.
    (1994 Jeff. Code, § 37A.06) (Jeff. Ord. 12-2002, adopted and effective 3-12-2002; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 73-2005, approved 6-1-2005) Penalty, see § 37.19