5 C.F.R. § 551.541 Employees engaged in fire protection activities or law enforcement activities.
Title 5 - Administrative Personnel
Title 5: Administrative Personnel
PART 551—PAY ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT
Subpart E—Overtime Pay Provisions
Special Overtime Pay Provisions
§ 551.541 Employees engaged in fire protection activities or law enforcement activities.
(a) An employee engaged in fire protection activities or law enforcement activities shall be paid at a rate equal to one and one-half times the employee's hourly regular rate of pay for those hours in a tour of duty which exceed the overtime standard for a work period specified in section 7(k) of the Act or which are in excess of 40 hours in a workweek for such an employee who does not receive compensation for those hours of work under 5 U.S.C. 5545 (c)(1) or (c)(2) or 5545b.
(b) The “tour of duty” of an employee engaged in these activities shall include all time the employee is on duty. Meal periods and sleep periods are included in the tour of duty except as otherwise provided in §§551.411(c) and 551.432(b) of this part.
(c) Each agency shall establish the “work period” to be used for application of section 7(k) of the Act. The work period shall be at least seven days and not more than 28 days.
(d) A firefighter subject to section 7(k) of the Act who is compensated under part 550, subpart M, of this chapter is deemed to be appropriately compensated under section 7(k) of the Act and this part if the requirements of §550.1304(a) of this chapter are satisfied. (See 5 U.S.C. 5545b(d)(2).)
[45 FR 85665, Dec. 30, 1980, as amended at 57 FR 59280, Dec. 15, 1992; 63 FR 64595, Nov. 23, 1998; 64 FR 69181, Dec. 10, 1999]
