Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 48 § 58C

Current through Chapter 223 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 48:58C - Overtime; compensation

If an officer or member, other than the chief, of the fire fighting force of the fire department of a city, town or fire district shall be required to be on duty for any period in excess of his regular hours of duty as from time to time established, he may be given time off equal to such period of overtime duty or, if time off cannot be given by reason of a personnel shortage or other cause, he may be paid for such period of overtime duty at such an hourly rate as may be determined by the authority in charge of a fire department, which rate shall in no event be less than one and one half of the basic hourly rate of his regular compensation for his average weekly hours of regular duty.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 48, § 58C