Tag Archives: Department of Labor

Fifteen current and former fire officers from the West Des Moines, Iowa Fire Department have filed a lawsuit against their employer, the City of Des Moines claiming the city failed to pay them as required by the FLSA. More specifically, the fifteen claim they were improperly classified as overtime exempt “white-collar” employees for many years in violation of the FLSA. ...

Three Kansas City, Missouri firefighters and one single-role paramedic have filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the city violated the FLSA by failing to include certain hours worked by city firefighters and medics towards overtime eligibility. More specifically, according to the complaint—which was filed on behalf of the four named plaintiffs and other similarly situated individuals [a.k.a. other firefighters and ...

A group of seven current and former FDNY Battalion Chiefs have filed a federal lawsuit alleging the City of New York improperly classified them as overtime exempt executive employees in violation of the FLSA.  The seven battalion chiefs filed the lawsuit on behalf of themselves and other “similarly situated individuals” in the United States District Court for the Southern District ...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) just announced that it will begin issuing opinion letters once again after a four-year break. An opinion letter is an official written interpretation of federal wage and hour law. Generally, an opinion letter will answer a specific fact-based question related to existing wage and hour laws. Employers, labor organizations, lawyers, HR professionals, and even ...

The City of Milford, Connecticut has settled a lawsuit filed by a group of eighty-eight current and former firefighters for a total of $400,000. The settlement includes $100,000 to pay the firefighters’ attorneys and the remaining $300,000 divided among the plaintiff firefighters to cover back wages and damages. The firefighters alleged in a 2023 federal lawsuit that city failed to ...

The Town of Brookline, Massachusetts and group of more than 100 current and former firefighters and officers have reached a settlement to resolve a 2023 lawsuit. The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court on December 1, 2023, by two Brookline fire lieutenants quickly grew to include a class of 119 other current and former Brookline firefighters and officers. The ...

A group of more than forty current and former Los Angeles police officers have filed a lawsuit alleging the city’s pay practices violate the FLSA. The officers’ complaint was filed in federal court this week as a collective action and will likely grow to include more “similarly situated” officers. According to the complaint, the city fails to include educational incentives ...

The City of Gadsden and ninety-four current and former city firefighters and officers of various ranks have reached a global settlement following a 2022 FLSA lawsuit. The firefighter’s initial complaint, which was filed in federal court in May 2022 was limited to alleged violations of the firefighters’ regular rate of pay. However, that complaint was amended in August 2022 to ...

Two-hundred and twenty-three Fort Wayne, Indiana firefighters have filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging the City of Fort Wayne isn’t calculating their overtime pay as required by the FLSA. The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana on August 15, 2024. The firefighters claim the city is calculating their regular and ...

Two similar FLSA lawsuits have been filed by firefighters from two different West Virginia cities in the past week. The first, which my friend and colleague Curt Varone covered on his Fire Law Blog last Wednesday, contained allegations that the City of Clarksburg was improperly calculating its firefighter’s regular rate of pay in violation of the FLSA. [You can find ...