{"data":{"id":"us/29-cfr-553.230","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"29 CFR 553.230","heading":"Maximum hours standards for work periods of 7 to 28 days—section 7(k).","body":"(a) For those employees engaged in fire protection activities who have a work period of at least 7 but less than 28 consecutive days, no overtime compensation is required under section 7(k) until the number of hours worked exceeds the number of hours which bears the same relationship to 212 as the number of days in the work period bears to 28.\n(b) For those employees engaged in law enforcement activities (including security personnel in correctional institutions) who have a work period of at least 7 but less than 28 consecutive days, no overtime compensation is required under section 7(k) until the number of hours worked exceeds the number of hours which bears the same relationship to 171 as the number of days in the work period bears to 28.\n(c) The ratio of 212 hours to 28 days for employees engaged in fire protection activities is 7.57 hours per day (rounded) and the ratio of 171 hours to 28 days for employees engaged in law enforcement activities is 6.11 hours per day (rounded). Accordingly, overtime compensation (in premium pay or compensatory time) is required for all hours worked in excess of the following maximum hours standards (rounded to the nearest whole hour):\nWork period (days) Maximum hours standards\nFire protection Law enforcement\n28 212 171\n27 204 165\n26 197 159\n25 189 153\n24 182 147\n23 174 141\n22 167 134\n21 159 128\n20 151 122\n19 144 116\n18 136 110\n17 129 104\n16 121 98\n15 114 92\n14 106 86\n13 98 79\n12 91 73\n11 83 67\n10 76 61\n9 68 55\n8 61 49\n7 53 43","path":["Title 29—Labor","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Labor","CHAPTER V—WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","SUBCHAPTER A—REGULATIONS","PART 553—APPLICATION OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT TO EMPLOYEES OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS","Subpart C—Fire Protection and Law Enforcement Employees of Public Agencies"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-29.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:20Z","sha256":"33552a85aaa02b0bacc3b6d2140f7fbafbfaeed16dc2166f403cb133c58576dd","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/29-cfr-553.227","next":"us/29-cfr-553.231"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}