SB 1137 Summary

• Amends the Workforce Opportunity Wage Act to establish overtime compensation requirements of 1.5 times the regular rate for hours worked over 40 per workweek, with specific exemptions for fire protection and law enforcement employees.

• Allows fire protection and law enforcement employees (including correctional security personnel) to work extended schedules with overtime triggered at 216 hours per 28-day work period instead of the standard 40-hour workweek threshold.

• Permits hospital and healthcare facility employees to use a 14-day work period instead of a 7-day workweek for overtime calculation purposes with a written agreement, triggering overtime pay for hours exceeding 8 per day or 80 hours per 14-day period.

• Authorizes employees to receive compensatory time off at 1.5 hours per overtime hour worked instead of monetary compensation, subject to employer conditions including a maximum accrual of 240 hours and employee protections against coercion or discrimination.

• Requires annual state appropriations to affected political subdivisions to offset increased direct labor costs resulting from the amended overtime rules for public employees.