Tag Archives: EMT

According to a complaint filed January 21, 2026, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, an EMT employed by the City of Batesville alleges that the city denied him and other similarly situated EMTs overtime and later retaliated against him after he complained. The lawsuit was filed by Jacob Michael King, a former EMT for Batesville ...

The City of New York has reached a $7.3 million settlement with a class of more than 3,000 current and former EMTs and paramedics following a 2023 FLSA lawsuit. The main allegations advanced by the EMTs and medics revolved around unpaid pre-and-post shift work activities, an automatic deduction of a 30-minute meal period even for work shifts in which work ...

A Wisconsin paramedic has filed a lawsuit in federal court against his employer, Green County Emergency Medical Service, Inc., alleging the agency violated federal and state wage and hour laws by failing to properly pay paramedics for on-call time, mandatory trainings, and overtime hours. Although the complaint was filed by a lone paramedic, it requests the court expand the suit to ...

An emergency medical technician (EMT) employed by the Clark County Illinois Ambulance Department filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging the county’s on-call requirements for its EMTs violates both the FLSA and IL state law. The suit, which was filed by a lone EMT in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois late last month contains allegations ...

One chapter in the City of New York’s seemingly never-ending  wage and hour litigation with city EMS workers might be coming to a close very soon. The city and a group of more than 500 FDNY Emergency Medical Services supervisors have agreed to settle a 2016 lawsuit for unpaid work hours. This was one of two separate lawsuits filed in ...

A large group of FDNY emergency medical technicians and paramedics filed a federal lawsuit late last week alleging that the City of New York’s pay practices violate the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The lawsuit, which contains several claims including uncompensated off-the clock work, regular rate violations, and failure to timely pay overtime compensation was filed in the U.S. District ...

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has rejected an appeal filed by the City of New York following a 2019 jury verdict that awarded almost $18 million in unpaid wages, overtime, and damages to a class of more than 2,500 FDNY EMTs and paramedics. This most recent decision “might” signal an end to this long and ...

Over 400 current and former Los Angeles City Fire Department firefighter/medics have filed a federal lawsuit against the city alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The lawsuit, which was filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California earlier this summer contains allegations that the city misclassified hundreds of firefighter/medics as employees engaged ...

American Medical Response (AMR), the “nation’s largest provider of ground medical transportation” is facing an FLSA misclassification lawsuit from a former contract paramedic on behalf of himself, and other similarly situated individuals. The lawsuit, which was filed by former AMR medic Nathanial Dagley in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, contains allegations that AMR misclassified Dagley ...

The City of Grand Junction, Colorado is facing an FLSA lawsuit from three fire department EMTs. The lawsuit, which was filed late last month in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado contains allegations that the city failed to pay the EMTs overtime after working 40 hours every 7-day workweek. The EMTs allege the city misclassified them ...