Work week and hours of work.
Cape Coral Code of Ordinances § 2-35.1
in effect§ 2-35.1 - Work week and hours of work.
(a) Work week. The work week shall begin on Saturday at 12:01 a.m. and continue until 12:01 a.m. of the following Saturday, at which time a new work week shall begin. The work week for full-time employees shall generally consist of 40 hours, excluding all meal periods.
(b) Work day. Generally, the work day for full-time employees will consist of not less than eight consecutive hours of work nor more than ten consecutive hours of work, with an unpaid meal period.
(1) Authorized rest periods or coffee breaks shall be included as hours worked.
(2) Required attendance at training courses and attendance at approved seminars shall be considered as hours worked.
(3) Any official travel during an employee's normal working hours, whether on regular workdays or regular days off, shall be counted as hours worked. However, travel to and from an employee's home to the employee's regularly assigned work location shall not be counted as hours worked.
(c) Work schedules. Each employee's schedule of hours shall be determined by the department head. The department head shall inform his or her employees of their daily schedule of hours of work (including meal periods and rest or coffee breaks), and shall thereafter inform employees of any changes deemed necessary or desirable by the department head.
(d) Additional hours. A department head may schedule hours or work in addition to an employee's regular schedule of hours when any such addition of hours is deemed necessary or desirable by the department head.
(e) Alternate schedules. The city may establish alternate work schedules, when such alternate work schedules are deemed to be in the best interest of the city.
(f) Attendance of employees.
(1) Full-time employees shall be required to be present on their assigned job for the total hours in the established workweek, unless absence from duty is authorized by the department head as provided herein.
(2) Part-time employees shall be required to be present on their assigned jobs for the total number of hours for which they are being compensated, unless absence from duty is authorized by the department head as provided herein.
(3) Employees are expected to be at their scheduled work site during hours of duty. Regular and punctual attendance at work shall be required of each city employee. Excessive unscheduled absences or tardiness shall be grounds for disciplinary action. For purposes of this subsection, EXCESSIVE UNSCHEDULED ABSENCES OR TARDINESS shall mean use which is in excess of the average number of hours and/or occurrences of unscheduled leave taken by other city employees in the same or similar positions and/or classifications, taking into consideration the fact that employees in fire and public safety may be scheduled to work a different number of hours.
Source: City of Cape Coral, Florida, Code of Ordinances, City Charter and Land Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/fl/cape_coral/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CH2AD_ARTIIIPERURE_DIV11ATLE_S2-35.1WOWEHOWOFetched: 11/4/2026