Maximum Nonovertime Hours Under 7K Exemption (Public Safety)

For those with work periods of seven to 28 days, the system calculates overtime hours that are reported after an employee's FLSA hours equal the number shown in the following table, published by the Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor:

Days in Work Period	Fire Protection	Law Enforcement
28	212	171
27	204	165
26	197	159
25	189	153
24	182	147
23	174	141
22	167	134
21	159	128
20	151	122
19	144	116
18	136	110
17	129	104
16	121	98
15	114	92
14	106	86
13	98	79
12	91	73
11	83	67
10	76	61
9	68	55
8	61	49
7	53	43

Example

A firefighter's work period is 28 consecutive days, and she works 80 hours in each of the first two weeks, 52 hours in week three, and none in week four. Her total work hours of 212 (80 + 80 + 52 + 0) which does not exceed 212 for the 28-day work period.

Therefore, no overtime pay is due.

If the same firefighter has a work period of 14 days, overtime pay is due for 54 hours (160 minus 106 hours, the amount in the table) for the weeks in which she works two consecutive 80 hour weeks.

Days in work period = 14. Overtime pay is due after 106 hours. Therefore, 54 hours of overtime pay is due.