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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":false,"refers_to":[{"id":79043,"section_number":"9.1-701","catch_line":"Overtime compensation rate","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-701\/"}],"permalink":{"id":285457,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75866,"identifier":"9.1-702","token":"9.1\/7\/9.1-702","url":"\/9.1-702\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-702\/","token":"9.1\/7\/9.1-702","dublin_core":{"Title":"Work period","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-702","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Employers<\/span> may adopt any work period to compute overtime compensation for fire protection or law<\/span>-enforcement employees<\/span> between seven and 28 days provided that the work period is recurring and fixed, and is not changed for purposes of denying overtime compensation to such employees to which they may be entitled under subsection A of \u00a7 9.1-701<\/a>. 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>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWORK PERIOD (\u00a7 9.1-702)\n\nEmployers may adopt any work period to compute overtime compensation for fire\nprotection or law-enforcement employees between seven and 28 days provided that\nthe work period is recurring and fixed, and is not changed for purposes of\ndenying overtime compensation to such employees to which they may be entitled\nunder subsection A of \u00a7 9.1-701. The provisions of this section pertaining to\nlaw-enforcement employees shall only apply to employers of 100 or more\nlaw-enforcement employees.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 768, \u00a7 2.1-116.9:9; 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}}