For the purpose of administering this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:

Terms Used In Florida Regulations 60L-32.0001

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
    (1) Base Rate of Pay – An employee’s salary excluding any approved pay additive, incentive pay, discretionary or non-discretionary bonus payment, and other legislatively approved agency specific pay additive.
    (2) Dual Employment and Dual Compensation – Employment in a total of more than one full-time equivalent established position; compensation of an employee simultaneously from any appropriation other than appropriations for salaries; or compensation of an employee simultaneously by more than one state agency as provided for in Section 216.011(1)(qq), F.S.
    (3) Excluded – A designation of exemption from the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
    (4) Included – A designation of coverage under (not exempted from) the overtime provisions of the FLSA.
    (5) Pay Additive – Temporary increases in pay in addition to the base rate of pay as specified in Florida Statutes § 110.2035(7)
    (6) Regular Rate of Pay – An employee’s base rate of pay plus any approved pay additive, Criminal Justice Incentive Pay, Firefighter Supplemental Compensation, non-discretionary bonus payment, legislatively approved agency specific pay additive, and other payments as specified in this chapter.
    (7) Overtime – Hours of work suffered, permitted or required, in excess of 40 hours during the established workweek or in excess of the number of full-time contract hours in the established extended work period, for which included employees are paid at the rate of time and one half, in accordance with the FLSA.
Rulemaking Authority 110.1055, 110.201(1) FS. Law Implemented 110.2035, 110.403, 110.605 FS. History—New 1-26-14.