Iowa Admin. Code r. 875-220.223 - [Effective until 2/12/2025] Meal time
(1) If a public
agency elects to pay overtime compensation to firefighters and law enforcement
personnel in accordance with the federal Fair Labor Standards Act,
29
U.S.C. 207(a)(1), the public
agency may exclude meal time from hours worked if all the tests in
29 CFR
785.19 are met.
(2) If a public agency elects to use the
federal Fair Labor Standards Act,
29
U.S.C. 207(f) exemption, the
public agency may, in the case of law enforcement personnel, exclude meal time
from hours worked on tours of duty of 24 hours or less, provided that the
employee is completely relieved from duty during the meal period and all the
other tests in
29 CFR
785.19 are met. On the other hand, where law
enforcement personnel are required to remain on call in barracks or similar
quarters, or are engaged in extended surveillance activities (e.g.,
"stakeouts"), they are not considered to be completely relieved from duty, and
any meal periods would be compensable.
(3) Where the public agency elects to use the
federal Fair Labor Standards Act,
29
U.S.C. 207(k), exemption for
firefighters, meal time cannot be excluded from the compensable hours of work
where:
a. The firefighter is on a tour of duty
of less than 24 hours, and
b. Where
the firefighter is on a tour of duty of exactly 24 hours.
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