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
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