Opinion ID: 694147
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Heading: Tour of Duty Exception

Text: 30 Although private sector employers must generally compensate employees for time spent over forty hours in a week, government entities employing law enforcement personnel are not so restricted. 9 The tour of duty, or 7(k), exception allows employers to alter overtime standards for law enforcement personnel who work on alternative cycles of between seven and twenty-eight days. See Birdwell v. City of Gadsden, 970 F.2d 802, 805 (11th Cir.1992). Under 29 U.S.C. 207(k) 31 No public agency shall be deemed to have violated subsection (a) of this section with respect to the employment of any employee in ... law enforcement activities ... if-- 32 ... 33