§2213. Maximum hours; overtime or compensatory time; exceptions for certain cities
A. The maximum hours of work required of any full-time paid patrolman, patrolman
first class, sergeant, lieutenant, or captain, or any other employee of the police department,
except those employed in a position, grade or class above that of captain, in any municipality
affected by this Subpart, shall be forty hours in any one calendar week. In cases of
emergency, any employee may be required to work in excess of the maximum. For each
hour so worked the employee shall be paid at the rate of one and one-half times his usual
salary, to be determined by reducing his monthly salary to an hourly scale.
B.(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the city of Bossier
City, the city of New Iberia, and the city of Abbeville, in order to maximize police
protection, may establish a work shift cycle as provided in Subsection C of this Section, and
the city of Lafayette may establish a work shift cycle as provided in Subsection F of this
Section, both of which require any full-time paid patrolman, patrolman first class, corporal,
sergeant, lieutenant, captain, or any other employee of the police department, except those
employed in a position, grade, or class above that of captain whose scheduled hours of work
are set according to rotating shifts, to work more than forty hours in one calendar week.
(2) Each employee subject to the provisions of this Section shall be paid at the rate
of one and one-half times his usual salary for all overtime hours worked during a shift cycle.
(3)(a) The total hours worked by each such employee during an entire work shift
cycle shall be divided by the number of weeks in the shift cycle to determine the average
number of hours worked per week.
(b) The overtime hours worked by each such employee during a shift cycle shall be
the number of hours by which the average number of hours worked per week exceeds forty
multiplied by the number of weeks in the shift cycle.
C. The Bossier City Police Department, the New Iberia Police Department, and the
Abbeville Police Department shall work a two-week cycle, thirty-six hours the first week and
forty-eight hours the second week. During the first week, the officers shall work Sunday, be
off Monday and Tuesday, and work Wednesday and Thursday. During the second week, they
shall work Monday and Tuesday, be off Wednesday and Thursday, and work Friday and
Saturday.
D. The Baton Rouge Police Department is authorized to work up to, but not more
than, seven twelve hour shifts in a fourteen day work cycle.
E. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the city of Bastrop
in order to maximize police protection, may establish a twenty-eight day work shift cycle
which requires any full time paid patrolman, patrolman first class, corporal, sergeant,
lieutenant, or captain, or any other employee of the police department, except those employed
in a position, grade, or class above that of captain, whose scheduled hours of work are set
according to rotating shifts, to work more than forty hours in one calendar week. Each
employee subject to the provisions of this Subsection shall be compensated for overtime
hours by receiving eight hours of compensatory time for each twenty-eight day cycle worked.
F. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the city of Lafayette
may establish a work period not to exceed twenty-eight days for police department
employees provided they are compensated at the rate of one and one-half times their regular
rate of pay, or credited with compensatory time on a one and one-half time basis, for all
hours in the work period that exceed an average of forty hours per week. Hours worked by
an employee as a voluntary substitute for another employee shall be in compliance with the
provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended.
G.(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the city of Baker,
in order to maximize police protection, may establish a work shift cycle as provided herein
which requires any full-time paid patrolman, patrolman first class, sergeant, lieutenant,
captain, major, or any other employee of the police department, except those employed in a
position, grade, or class above that of major, whose scheduled hours of work are set
according to rotating shifts, to work more than forty hours in one calendar week.
(2) Each employee subject to the provisions of this Subsection shall be paid at the
rate of one and one-half times his usual salary for all overtime hours worked during a shift
cycle or credited with compensatory time on a one and one-half basis for all hours in the
work period that exceed an average of forty hours per week.
(3)(a) The total hours worked by each such employee during an entire work shift
cycle shall be divided by the number of weeks in the shift cycle to determine the average
number of hours worked per week.
(b) The overtime hours worked by each such employee during a shift cycle shall be
the number of hours by which the average number of hours worked per week exceeds forty
multiplied by the number of weeks in the shift cycle.
(4) The Baker Police Department is authorized to work a two-week cycle, twelve
hours a day, sixty hours the first week and twenty-four hours the second week. During the
first week the officers may work Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday and during
the second week work Wednesday and Thursday.
H. Any municipality subject to the provisions of this Subpart, to maximize police
protection, may establish and implement a fourteen-day shift cycle for all full-time paid
patrolmen, patrolmen first class, sergeants, lieutenants, captains, or any other employees of
the police department except those in a position, grade, or class above that of captain which
may require such officers to work Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of the
first week of the cycle, and Wednesday and Thursday of the second week of the cycle. The
workday shall consist of twelve hours on the above specified days. Such officers shall be
paid overtime at one and one-half times their usual salary when the number of hours worked
during the two-week cycle exceeds eighty hours or shall be credited with compensatory time
on a one and one-half basis for all hours in said cycle that exceed eighty hours.
I. Repealed by Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No 20, §2, eff. June 12, 2011.
J. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any employee of the city of
Shreveport employed in a position, grade, or class above that of lieutenant.
K. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, including Subsection
A of this Section, the city of Houma may establish and implement twelve-hour work shift
cycles for all paid patrolmen, patrolmen first class, sergeants, lieutenants, captains,
dispatchers, or any other employees of the police department except those in a position,
grade, or class above that of captain. Such officers and employees shall be paid overtime at
the rate of one and one-half times their usual salary when the number of hours worked during
the two-week work cycle exceeds eighty hours or shall be credited with compensatory time
on a one and one-half basis for all hours in said cycle that exceed eighty hours.
L. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, including Subsection
A hereof, the city of Alexandria may establish and implement twelve-hour work shift cycles
for police dispatchers of the Alexandria police department. Such dispatchers shall be paid
overtime at the rate of one and one-half times their usual salary when the number of hours
worked during the two-week cycle exceeds eighty hours or shall be credited with
compensatory time on a one and one-half basis for all hours in said cycle that exceed eighty
hours.
M. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, including Subsection
A hereof, the city of Monroe may establish and implement twelve-hour work shift cycles for
police dispatchers of the Monroe police department. Such dispatchers shall be paid overtime
at the rate of one and one-half times their usual salary when the number of hours worked
during the two-week cycle exceeds eighty hours or shall be credited with compensatory time
on a one and one-half basis for all hours in said cycles that exceed eighty hours.
N. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, including Subsection
A hereof, the city of Alexandria may establish and implement a fourteen-day shift cycle for
any full-time paid patrolmen, patrolmen first class, sergeants, lieutenants, captains, or any
other employees of the police department except those in a position, grade, or class above
that of captain which shall require such officers to begin work shifts on Monday, Tuesday,
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of the first week of the cycle, and Wednesday and Thursday
of the second week of the cycle. The workday shall consist of a twelve-hour shift on each
of the specified days for those employees assigned to such shifts. Such officers shall be paid
overtime at the rate of one and one-half times their usual salary when the number of hours
worked during the two-week cycle exceeds eighty hours or shall be credited with
compensatory time on a one and one-half basis for all hours in said cycles that exceed eighty
hours.
O. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the city of Kenner
may establish a work period not to exceed fourteen days for police department employees
provided they are compensated at the rate of one and one-half times their regular rate of pay,
or credited with compensatory time on a one and one-half time basis, for all hours in the
work period that exceed an average of forty hours per week. Hours worked by an employee
as a voluntary substitute for another employee shall be in compliance with the provisions of
the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended.
P.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the city of Sulphur
may establish and implement twelve-hour work shift cycles for employees of the Sulphur
police department employed in the communications division, jail division, and patrol
division. A workday shall consist of a twelve-hour shift on each of the specified days as
provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection for those employees assigned to such shifts.
(2)(a) During a two-week pay cycle, employees may be divided into four separate
work groups. At the start of a two-week pay cycle, two work groups shall work thirty-six
hours the first week and forty-eight hours the second week. During the first week, the
employees shall work Sunday, be off Monday and Tuesday, work Wednesday and Thursday,
and be off Friday and Saturday. During the second week, they shall be off Sunday, work
Monday and Tuesday, be off Wednesday and Thursday, and work Friday and Saturday.
(b) At the start of the same two-week pay cycle, the remaining two work groups shall
work forty-eight hours the first week and thirty-six hours the second week. During the first
week, the employees shall be off Sunday, work Monday and Tuesday, be off Wednesday and
Thursday, and work Friday and Saturday. During the second week the employees shall work
Sunday, be off Monday and Tuesday, work Wednesday and Thursday, and be off Friday and
Saturday.
(3) The employees in all other divisions of the Sulphur police department shall work
a forty-hour work week as determined by the chief of police of the department.
(4) Employees provided for in Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Subsection shall be paid
overtime at one and one-half times the usual salary for hours worked during the two-week
pay cycle in excess of eighty hours or shall be credited with compensatory time on a one and
one-half times basis for all hours in such cycle that exceed eighty hours.