{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-550.1304","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 550.1304","heading":"Overtime hourly rates of pay.","body":"(a) For a firefighter who is covered by (i.e., nonexempt from) the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the overtime hourly rate of pay equals 1 1/2 times the firefighter hourly rate of basic pay for that firefighter, as established under § 550.1303(a) and (b)(2).\n(b) For a firefighter who is exempt from the FLSA, the overtime hourly rate is computed as provided in § 550.113(e).\n(c) For any firefighter, overtime pay for any pay period is derived by multiplying the applicable overtime hourly rate by all overtime hours within that period.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 550—PAY ADMINISTRATION (GENERAL)","Subpart M—Firefighter Pay"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"8762b853923ef50264f5062fbe4c79f573a90fd83d532ccac9490d2a61b328ff","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-550.1303","next":"us/5-cfr-550.1305"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}