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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":false,"permalink":{"id":285461,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67950,"identifier":"9.1-703","token":"9.1\/7\/9.1-703","url":"\/9.1-703\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-703\/","token":"9.1\/7\/9.1-703","dublin_core":{"Title":"Hours of work","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-703","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

For purposes of computing fire protection or law<\/span>-enforcement employees<\/span>’ entitlement to overtime compensation, all hours that an employee works or is in a paid status during his regularly scheduled work hours<\/span> shall be counted as hours of work. The provisions of this section pertaining to law<\/span>-enforcement employees<\/span> shall only apply to such employees of an employer<\/span> of 100 or more law<\/span>-enforcement employees<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOURS OF WORK (\u00a7 9.1-703)\n\nFor purposes of computing fire protection or law-enforcement employees’\nentitlement to overtime compensation, all hours that an employee works or is in\na paid status during his regularly scheduled work hours shall be counted as\nhours of work. The provisions of this section pertaining to law-enforcement\nemployees shall only apply to such employees of an employer of 100 or more\nlaw-enforcement employees.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 768, \u00a7 2.1-116.9:10; 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}}