Firefighter Overtime Discussing Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for Firefighters, First Responders as well as Human Resource & Finance Professional
The Fire Law Group is pleased to announce a series of advanced live three-hour webinars dedicated to the most important and challenging FLSA wage and hour issues impacting fire departments, firefighters, and other public safety professionals today.
The first is scheduled for Wednesday, October 20, 2021 and is entitled: Calculating Regular Rate for Firefighters and other First Responders. This program will take a deep dive into complex wage and hour issues related to properly calculating a firefighters’ regular rate in the 21st Century. Regular rate violations continue to be the most common allegation in FLSA lawsuits for fire departments. This advanced FLSA program addresses major issues and current trends related properly calculating the regular rate for firefighters, EMS personnel, and other public safety civilian personnel. Longevity pay, medic pay, specialty pay, incentive pay, sick leave buy backs, holiday pay, shift-differentials, out-of-rank/step-up pay, health care buy-backs, vacation buy-backs, attendance bonuses, and more will be addressed.
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The second, is scheduled for Wednesday November, 17, 2021 and is entitled: Managing Firefighters’ Hours in the 21st Century – Off-The-Clock Work. This program will focus on 21st Century wage and hour issues facing the fire service, including the off-duty use of technology to complete reports, the sending and receiving of work-related emails and text messages, and compensation for shift-overlaps. This advanced FLSA program will addresses major cases and current trends related to “off-the-clock” work for firefighters, fire officers, EMS personnel, and other public safety personnel.
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The third, is scheduled for Wednesday December 15, 2021 and is entitled: Executive Exemption: Fire Officers and Overtime. Are fire officers exempt from overtime because they are executive employees, or are they hourly wage earners? That question has perplexed fire departments, municipal officials, and the courts for decades. Even the Department of Labor’s efforts in 2004 to clarify things have done little to stem the tide. This program will take a close look at the law and the cases to explain why some officers are entitled to overtime and other are not.
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