One person who is FT Detention Officer and PT Deputy Sheriff: Overtime pay?

HCA

I'd like to know everyone's opinion on whether we would face overtime pay or other issues in the following situation:

If we hire an employee who is currently a full-time detention officer (oversees inmates in the jail) to also be a part-time deputy sheriff (investigate crime and arrest individuals) to work weekends, are we going to face overtime issues because the jobs are too similar? The employer and direct supervisor would be the same (i.e. the Sheriff).

joannie

The website below might help answer your question, if you are a public entity and not a private company.

[url]http://www.dol.gov/elaws/esa/flsa/screen51.asp[/url]

HCA

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 01-18-08 AT 03:22PM (CST)[/font][br][br]Thanks Joannie. I reviewed 29CFR 553.30. I guess my real question is: do you think a detention officer and a law enforcement officer (deputy sheriff) are "a different capacity" or a "same general occupational category"?

I should also mention that according to 29CFR553.211, detention officers are expressly included in the definition of "an employee in law enforcement activities".