[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR553.201]

[Page 293]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 553_APPLICATION OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT TO EMPLOYEES OF 
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart C_Fire Protection and Law Enforcement Employees of Public 
                                Agencies
 
Sec. 553.201  Statutory provisions: section 7(k).

    (a) Section 7(k) of the Act provides a partial overtime pay 
exemption for fire protection and law enforcement personnel (including 
security personnel in correctional institutions) who are employed by 
public agencies on a work period basis. This section of the Act formerly 
permitted public agencies to pay overtime compensation to such employees 
in work periods of 28 consecutive days only after 216 hours of work. As 
further set forth in Sec. 553.230 of this part, the 216-hour standard 
has been replaced, pursuant to the study mandated by the statute, by 212 
hours for fire protection employees and 171 hours for law enforcement 
employees. In the case of such employees who have a work period of at 
least 7 but less than 28 consecutive days, overtime compensation is 
required when the ratio of the number of hours worked to the number of 
days in the work period exceeds the ratio of 212 (or 171) hours to 28 
days.
    (b) As specified in Sec. Sec. 553.20 through 553.28 of subpart A, 
workers employed under section 7(k) may, under certain conditions, be 
compensated for overtime hours worked with compensatory time off rather 
than immediate overtime premium pay.