Resolution No. 32 – Support for the Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act – H.R. 1141

Resolution No. 32
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT: Legislative
Re: Support for the Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act – H.R. 1141 – Adopted

1	WHEREAS, current federal law prohibits federal
2	fire fighters from exchanging duty (shift trade)
3	outside of the normal two-week pay period; and
4	WHEREAS, federal fire fighters work uncommon
5	tours of duty and in the federal sector, this is
6	exasperated by a regularly scheduled 72-hour work
7	week and minimum staffing requirements; and
8	WHEREAS, at the workplace, minimum staffing
9	requirements dictate that a certain number of fire
10	fighters be on duty at all times; and
11	WHEREAS, although minimum staffing is an
12	understood requirement, minimum staffing can make
13	being involved in family events or functions very
14	difficult for federal fire fighters; and
15	WHEREAS, the problem is further compounded
16	by staffing shortages within the federal sector and
17	consequently, many requests for annual leave are not
18	granted due to the minimum staffing needs and
19	shortages; and
20	WHEREAS, state and local government fire
21	fighters, by law, are extended the ability to exchange
22	duty outside of their pay period and such an
23	exchange of duty, and the terms of payback, are a
24	mutual agreement between the two employees; and
25	WHEREAS, there is a need to remedy the trade
26	time inequity that currently exists between our
27	nation’s federal fire fighters and their state and local
28	government colleagues; therefore be it
29	RESOLVED, That the delegates to the 2014 IAFF
30	Convention wholeheartedly support H.R. 1141,
31	sponsored by Maryland Congressman Paul
32	Sarbanes, which would enact the Federal Firefighter
33	Flexibility and Fairness Act, a bill that would
34	appropriately provide trade time parameters for
35	federal fire fighters that are similar to those provided
36	for municipal fire fighters under FLSA regulations
37	and in doing so, allow federal fire fighters to
38	exchange duty time with similarly-qualified fire
39	fighters outside of the normal two-week pay period
40	in lieu of annual leave and at the election of
41	employees, and would allow them to schedule such
42	time up to one year in advance; and be it further
43	RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be
44	forwarded to Congressman Sarbanes.

Submitted by: California Professional Firefighters
Cost Estimate: None

Resolution No. 32 – Support for the Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act – H.R. 1141

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