110 STAT. 4376 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—APR. 16, 1996 INTRODUCTION §0553.1 Definitions (a) "Act" or "FLSA" means the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended (52 Stat. 1060, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 201- 219), as applied by the CAA. (b) "1985 Amendments" means the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1985 (Pub. L. 99-150). (c) "Public agency" means an employing office as the term is defined in §501.102 of this chapter, including the Capitol Police. (d) Section 7(k) means the provisions of §7(k) of the FLSA as applied to covered employees and employing offices by §203 of the CAA. § C553.2 Purpose and scope The purpose of part C553 is to adopt with appropriate modifications the regulations of the Secretary of Labor to carry out those provisions of the FLSA relating to public agency employees as they are applied to covered employees and employing offices of the CAA. In particular, these regulations apply section 7(k) as it relates to fire protection and law enforcement employees of public agencies. SUBPART C—PARTIAL EXEMPTION FOR EMPLOYEES ENGAGED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE PROTECTION § C553.201 Statutory provisions: section 7(k) Section 7(k) of the Act provides a partial overtime pay exemption for fire protection and law enforcement personnel (including security personnel in correctional institutions) who are employed by public agencies on a work period basis. This section of the Act formerly permitted public agencies to pay overtime compensation to such employees in work periods of 28 consecutive days only after 216 hours of work. As further set forth in § C553.230 of this part, the 216-hour standard has been replaced, pursuant to the study mandated by the statute, by 212 hours for fire protection employees and 171 hours for law enforcement employees. In the case of such employees who have a work period of at least 7 but less than 28 consecutive days, overtime compensation is required when the ratio of the number of hours worked to the number of days in the work period exceeds the ratio of 212 (or 171) hours to 28 days. §C553.202 Limitations The application of §7(k), by its terms, is limited to public agencies, and does not apply to any private organization engaged in furnishing fire protection or law enforcement services. This is so even if the services are provided under contract with a public agency. EXEMPTION REQUIREMENTS § C553.211 Law enforcement activities (a) As used in §7(k) of the Act, the term "any employee * * * in law enforcement activities" refers to any employee (1) who is a uniformed or plainclothed member of a body of officers and subordinates who are empowered by law to
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