Alpharetta is a city and a suburb of Atlanta located in north Fulton County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, Alpharetta's population was 57,551. The estimated population in 2014 was 63,038. 1 History.
Overtime for fighting fires outside of the county is reimbursed to the cities, including administrative and overhead fees, in such a way that there is NO COST to the cities and towns for this common overtime pay. Like many private sector employees, many firefighters depend on this extra work to help make ends meet.
Yes. The FLSA provides an overtime exemption for law enforcement or fire protection employees of a police or fire department that employs less than five employees in law enforcement or fire protection activities. 3 Which fire and police employees are counted towards the five employees used to calculate the exemption?7 As such, if a majority of nonpublic safety employees in a city work 40 hours, a police officer would be entitled to overtime pay when the officer works more than 40 hours. However, a city may require a police officer to work more hours than permitted in the event of an 12 Id.