                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 9.1-700)

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#8220;Employer&#8221; means any political subdivision of the Commonwealth,
including any county, city, town, authority, or special district that employs
fire protection employees except any locality with five or fewer paid
firefighters that is exempt from overtime rules by 29 U.S.C. § 207 (k).
		&#8220;Fire protection employee&#8221; means any person, other than an
employee who is exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards
Act, who is employed by an employer as a paid firefighter, emergency medical
services provider, or hazardous materials worker who is (i) trained in fire
suppression and has the legal authority and responsibility to engage in fire
suppression and is employed by a fire department of an employer or (ii) engaged
in the prevention, control, or extinguishment of fires or response to emergency
situations where life, property, or the environment is at risk.
		&#8220;Law-enforcement employee&#8221; means any person who is responsible for
the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of the penal, traffic
or highway laws of the Commonwealth, other than an employee who is exempt from
the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, and who is a full-time
employee of either (i) a police department or (ii) a sheriff&#8217;s office that
is part of or administered by the Commonwealth or any political subdivision
thereof.
		&#8220;Regularly scheduled work hours&#8221; means those hours that are
recurring and fixed within the work period and for which an employee receives a
salary or hourly compensation. &#8220;Regularly scheduled work hours&#8221; does
not include on-call, extra duty assignments or any other nonrecurring and
nonfixed hours.

HISTORY: 2001, c. 768, § 2.1-116.9:7; 2005, c. 732; 2015, cc. 502, 503; 2016,
c. 541.