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A fire protection or law-enforcement employee who is paid on an hourly basis shall have paid leave counted as hours of work in an amount no greater than the numbers of hours counted for other fire protection or law-enforcement employees working the same schedule who are paid on a salaried basis in that jurisdiction.B\n\nNothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect the right of any employer to provide overtime compensation to fire protection or law-enforcement employees in an amount that exceeds the amounts required by this section.C\n\nThe provisions of this section pertaining to law-enforcement employees shall only apply to employers of 100 or more law-enforcement employees.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":283133,"text":"Employers shall pay fire protection or law-enforcement employees overtime compensation or leave, as under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 207 (o), at a rate of not less than one and one-half times the employee’s regular rate of pay for all hours of work between the statutory maximum permitted under 29 U.S.C. § 207 (k) and the hours for which an employee receives his salary, or if paid on an hourly basis, the hours for which the employee receives hourly compensation. 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This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 768<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2005, chapter 732<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75866,"section_number":"9.1-702","catch_line":"Work period","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-702\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":285453,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79043,"identifier":"9.1-701","token":"9.1\/7\/9.1-701","url":"\/9.1-701\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-701\/","token":"9.1\/7\/9.1-701","dublin_core":{"Title":"Overtime compensation rate","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-701","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Employers<\/span> shall pay fire protection or law<\/span>-enforcement employees<\/span> overtime compensation or leave, as under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 207 (o), at a rate of not less than one and one-half times the employee’s regular rate of pay for all hours of work between the statutory maximum permitted under 29 U.S.C. § 207 (k) and the hours for which an employee receives his salary, or if paid on an hourly basis, the hours for which the employee receives hourly compensation. A fire protection or law<\/span>-enforcement employee<\/span> who is paid on an hourly basis shall have paid leave counted as hours of work in an amount no greater than the numbers of hours counted for other fire protection or law<\/span>-enforcement employees<\/span> working the same schedule who are paid on a salaried basis in that jurisdiction<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect the right of any employer<\/span> to provide overtime compensation to fire protection or law<\/span>-enforcement employees<\/span> in an amount that exceeds the amounts required by this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The provisions of this section pertaining to law<\/span>-enforcement employees<\/span> shall only apply to employers<\/span> of 100 or more law<\/span>-enforcement employees<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOVERTIME COMPENSATION RATE (\u00a7 9.1-701)\n\nA. Employers shall pay fire protection or law-enforcement employees overtime\ncompensation or leave, as under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §\n207 (o), at a rate of not less than one and one-half times the employee’s\nregular rate of pay for all hours of work between the statutory maximum\npermitted under 29 U.S.C. § 207 (k) and the hours for which an employee\nreceives his salary, or if paid on an hourly basis, the hours for which the\nemployee receives hourly compensation. A fire protection or law-enforcement\nemployee who is paid on an hourly basis shall have paid leave counted as hours\nof work in an amount no greater than the numbers of hours counted for other fire\nprotection or law-enforcement employees working the same schedule who are paid\non a salaried basis in that jurisdiction.\n\nB. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect the right of any\nemployer to provide overtime compensation to fire protection or law-enforcement\nemployees in an amount that exceeds the amounts required by this section.\n\nC. The provisions of this section pertaining to law-enforcement employees shall\nonly apply to employers of 100 or more law-enforcement employees.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 768, \u00a7 2.1-116.9:8; 2005, c. 732.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}