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B-226136 1 (1987-07-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmtl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States / 3 2y4 2 Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision International Association of Firefighters, Matterof:Local F-48 - Overtime Compensation File: B-226136 Date: July 13, 1987 DIGEST: 1. International Association of Firefighters, Local F-48, requests a determination from this Office on the exempt/nonexempt status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of supervisory grade GS-7 firefighters. Under 29 U.S.C. S 204(f) the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is authorized to administer the FLSA with respect to federal employees. Consistent with prior decisions recognizing that the role granted to OPM in administering FLSA necessarily carries with it the authority to make final determinations as to whether employees are covered by its various provisions, this Office will not consider the claims. 2. Supervisory federal firefighters who are exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act but who receive premium pay under 5 U.S.C. S 5545(c)(1) on an annual basis for regularly scheduled standby duty are not entitled to additional overtime pay under 5 U.S.C. S 5542 for work that is part of the firefighters' regularly scheduled administrative workweek. DECISION ISSUE This action is in response to a request from Mr. Mark D. Hutchings, President, International Association of Firefighters (IAFF), Local F-48, for a decision on two issues. The first issue is whether the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) determination that supervisory grade GS-7 firefighters are exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. S§ 201 et seq., is proper. The second issue is whether FLSA-exempt grade GS-7 firefighters (:Dq

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