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Sponsors, firefighters push 42-hour overtime threshold; counties warn of costs
Summary
House Bill 205 would set a statewide 42-hour overtime threshold for career firefighters and require clearer payroll/paystub information; supporters say it equalizes pay practices, while county representatives warned of substantial local costs and bargaining preemption concerns.
Delegate Jared Solomon presented House Bill 205, which would require clearer wage and payroll information for firefighters and set a statewide overtime threshold of 42 hours for career firefighters, applied prospectively to new collective bargaining agreements. "This is a bill... to make sure, frankly, that firefighters get what anybody else who has a job, get. It's clear information on your wage, your hours, your pay periods, and all of your pay stubs," Solomon said, adding the measure would not apply to volunteers.
Solomon and union witnesses described federal law that sets a 56-hour firefighter…
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