Tag Archives: §207(k)

Twelve part-time firefighters from the Village of Bradley, Illinois have filed a federal lawsuit claiming the village failed to pay them overtime in violation of both federal and state laws.  The firefighters’ suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois late last month. The main allegation advanced by the firefighters is that the village ...

Sixty-seven current and former firefighters from Brownsburg, Indiana have filed suit in federal court alleging the town’s pay practices violate the FLSA.  The firefighters’ claim the town failed to pay overtime when required and improperly calculated the firefighters’ regular and overtime rates of pay. Quoting from the complaint: Unpaid Overtime Claims: During the periods that Plaintiffs have worked in excess ...

A North Carolina Volunteer Fire Department and a group of five firefighters have agreed to settle a 2024 lawsuit for a total of $86,573. The lawsuit, which was initially filed by a lone firefighter in federal court in 2024, expanded to include four additional firefighters. The main allegation made by the firefighters was that the department misclassified them as employees ...

The City of Eldora, Iowa is facing an FLSA misclassification lawsuit filed by the city’s former Director of Emergency Medical Services.  Plaintiff Maile Carter worked as the city’s EMS Director from March 2020 until leaving in August 2023. During that time Carter alleges that the city misclassified her and other presumably high-ranking city officials as overtime exempt employees. According to ...

The Princess Ann Volunteer Fire Company, Inc., is facing a lawsuit filed by nine of its firefighters. The lawsuit, which was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, on April 3, 2025, contains allegations that the fire company’s pay practices are violating both federal and state laws. More specifically, the firefighters allege the fire company ...

A group of 16 EMTs have filed suit in federal court alleging that the City of Fredericksburg, Virginia has misclassified them as “employees engaged in fire protection activities” (a.k.a. §207(k) firefighters). According to the EMTs’ complaint, the city fails to pay them overtime after working more than 40 hours in a 7-day workweek. Quoting from the complaint: From the time ...

The City of Los Angeles and a class of more than 1,100 plaintiff firefighters have agreed to settle a 2023 lawsuit over unpaid work hours. The lawsuit, which was initially filed by three firefighters in federal court in February 2023, contained allegations that city firefighters were frequently being required to work beyond their 24-hour shift without compensation. Quoting from the ...

A former 911 telecommunicator/dispatcher for the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin is suing her former employer alleging the city’s pay practices for probationary dispatchers violates the FLSA and that the city improperly retaliated against her when she complained. Christina Harris’s attorneys filed the suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin late last month. According to the ...

More than three dozen firefighters have filed an FLSA lawsuit against their employer, the City of Haywood, California alleging that the city improperly calculated their regular rate of pay in violation of the FLSA. The lawsuit was filed by thirty-seven named plaintiffs and other “similarly situated individuals.” This likely means that additional current and former firefighters will join in on ...

The Winston-Salem Fire Department has reduced its daily minimum staffing from 89 to 79 firefighters in response to a projected budget shortfall. According to department officials, the fire department is projected to end this fiscal year $600,000-700,000 over budget. This has led department officials to reduce the minimum staffing on all the city’s fire apparatus from four to three firefighters. ...