Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 48, § 58C (2026)
Overtime; compensation
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Section 58C. If an officer or member, other than the chief, of the fire fighting force of the fire department of a city, town or fire district shall be required to be on duty for any period in excess of his regular hours of duty as from time to time established, he may be given time off equal to such period of overtime duty or, if time off cannot be given by reason of a personnel shortage or other cause, he may be paid for such period of overtime duty at such an hourly rate as may be determined by the authority in charge of a fire department, which rate shall in no event be less than one and one half of the basic hourly rate of his regular compensation for his average weekly hours of regular duty.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2003–2009 · leading case: Parow v. Howard, 17 Mass. L. Rptr. 149 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2003).
Parow v. Howard, 17 Mass. L. Rptr. 149 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2003). “In compliance with G.L.c. 48, §§58C and 58D, City fire fighters are compensated overtime pay at a rate of one and one-half times their regular rate for work in excess of 42 hours in a week.”
Amero v. Townsend Oil Co., 31 Mass. L. Rptr. 111 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2009). “149, §148 to collect unpaid overtime due to them under G.L.c. 48, §58C, which provides statutory overtime for firefighters.”
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