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2001 SESSION

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HB 220 Firefighters and EMTs; overtime compensation.

Introduced by: Vincent F. Callahan, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Firefighters; overtime compensation for firefighters and emergency medical technicians. Requires firefighters, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, ambulance personnel, rescue workers, and hazardous materials workers to be paid overtime at a rate of not less than one and one-half times the employee's regular rate of pay for all hours of work in excess of 53 hours in a seven-day work period or 212 hours in a 28-day work period, or for work periods adopted between seven and 28 days, the number of hours which bears the same relationship to 212 as the number of days in the work period bears to 28. For purposes of computing fire protection employees' entitlement to overtime compensation, all hours in which an employee works or is in a paid status shall be counted as hours of work. The bill provides for remedies for violation.


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