(a) For those employees engaged in fire protection activities who have a work period of at least 7 but less than 28 consecutive days, no overtime compensation is required under section 7(k) until the number of hours worked exceeds the number of hours which bears the same relationship to 212 as the number of days in the work period bears to 28.
(b) For those employees engaged in law enforcement activities (including security personnel in correctional institutions) who have a work period of at least 7 but less than 28 consecutive days, no overtime compensation is required under section 7(k) until the number of hours worked exceeds the number of hours which bears the same relationship to 171 as the number of days in the work period bears to 28.
(c) The ratio of 212 hours to 28 days for employees engaged in fire protection activities is 7.57 hours per day (rounded) and the ratio of 171 hours to 28 days for employees engaged in law enforcement activities is 6.11 hours per day (rounded). Accordingly, overtime compensation (in premium pay or compensatory time) is required for all hours worked in excess of the following maximum hours standards (rounded to the nearest whole hour): ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum hours standards
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Work period (days) Fire Law
protection enforcement------------------------------------------------------------------------28............................................ 212 17127............................................ 204 16526............................................ 197 15925............................................ 189 15324............................................ 182 14723............................................ 174 14122............................................ 167 13421............................................ 159 12820............................................ 151 12219............................................ 144 11618............................................ 136 11017............................................ 129 10416............................................ 121 9815............................................ 114 9214............................................ 106 8613............................................ 98 7912............................................ 91 7311............................................ 83 6710............................................ 76 619............................................. 68 558............................................. 61 497............................................. 53 43------------------------------------------------------------------------