(a) Compensating time off for employees in Work Week Group 1 shall be earned on a time and one-half basis and may be authorized in lieu of cash compensation. If an employee in Work Week Group 1 is not allowed compensating time off within 12 pay periods following the pay period in which the overtime was worked payment shall be made for such overtime on the next payroll. Normally, an employee in Work Week Group 1 who has an accumulation of 240 hours or 30 days of authorized overtime shall not be required to work additional overtime.

(b) Compensating time off, when authorized for employees in Work Week Group 4, shall be earned on an hour-for-hour basis unless otherwise specified in the work week subgroup. All compensating time off must be granted by the appointing power within the 12 pay periods next following the pay period during which the overtime is worked. Upon failure of the appointing power to grant this compensating time off within the period provided, the employee may appeal to the Department. After hearing such appeal, the Department may order the appointing power to arrange for this time to be taken off before expiration of the nine pay periods from the end of said 12 pay periods and report such arrangement to the Department. At no time may an employee's accumulated overtime exceed 240 hours or 30 days excluding overtime concerning which an appeal is pending. Normally an employee who has an accumulation of 240 hours or 30 days of authorized overtime shall not be required to work additional overtime except in cases of emergency, as such overtime is not compensable.