{"data":{"id":"us/29-cfr-553.232","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"29 CFR 553.232","heading":"Overtime pay requirements.","body":"If a public agency pays employees subject to section 7(k) for overtime hours worked in cash wages rather than compensatory time off, such wages must be paid at one and one-half times the employees' regular rates of pay. In addition, employees who have accrued the maximum 480 hours of compensatory time must be paid cash wages of time and one-half their regular rates of pay for overtime hours in excess of the maximum for the work period set forth in § 553.230.","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":"5b5c194329a2ab85291dff6c74320fc95204727675aafb34985e4b65ca687b13","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/29-cfr-553.231","next":"us/29-cfr-553.233"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}