SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL PAY.
Fort Worth City Code § 27-34
in effect§ 27-34 SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL PAY.
(a) All full-time police civil service employees up through the rank of lieutenant are eligible for shift differential pay.
(b) Only eligible police employees working approved, assigned shifts will be paid shift differential pay.
(c) Only eligible police employees who work a defined shift in which more than 50% of its time worked is between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. (midnight) shall receive shift differential pay of 3% of their hourly step rate of pay in addition to their hourly step rate of pay.
(d) Only eligible police employees who work a defined shift in which more than 50% of its time worked is between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. shall receive shift differential pay of 5% of their hourly step rate of pay in addition to their hourly step rate of pay.
(e) Police employees who work a shift in which more than 50% of its time worked is between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. are not eligible for shift differential pay.
(f) Employees working pursuant to an emergency call back order will not receive shift differential pay.
(g) Shift differential pay will be paid only for time worked. Shift differential pay will not be paid to an employee for holiday pay or any type of leave pay.
(Ord. 19504-01-2011, § 1, passed 1-4-2011)
Source: City of Fort Worth, Code of Ordinances, City Charter and Zoning Ordinance (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/ftworth/latest/ftworth_tx/0-0-0-27255Fetched: 10/26/2026