§ 168 — Hours of labor of certain state employees

§ 168. Hours of labor of certain state employees. 1. This section\nshall apply to all persons employed by the state in the ward, cottage,\ncolony, kitchen and dining room, and guard service personnel in any\nhospital, school, prison, reformatory or other institution within or\nsubject to the jurisdiction, supervision, control or visitation of the\ndepartment of corrections and community supervision, the department of\nhealth, the department of mental hygiene, the department of social\nwelfare or the department of veterans' services, and engaged in the\nperformance of such duties as nursing, guarding or attending the\nincarcerated individuals, patients, wards or other persons kept or\nhoused in such institutions, or in protecting and guarding the buildings\nand/or grounds thereof, or in preparing or serving food therein.\n 2. No person to whom this section is applicable shall be required to\nwork more than eight hours in any day or more than forty hours or more\nthan six days in any calendar week except in cases of fire, riot, flood,\nfamine, pestilence or other cases of emergency endangering life or\nproperty; provided, however, that any such person, upon his own request\nand with the approval of the head of the institution in which he is\nemployed, may be permitted to work one additional eight-hour day in any\ncalendar week for not more than seven calendar weeks and be allowed\ncontinuous days free from duty equivalent to the number of additional\ndays so worked. The provisions of this section shall not be interpreted\nto increase the number of working hours per day or the number of working\ndays per week of any person for whom a shorter work-day or work-week is\nnow provided.\n