Tag Archives: executive exemption

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. ...

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 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 City of Milwaukee and a group of current and former chief officers have reached a global settlement to resolve a 2024 FLSA misclassification lawsuit. According to city documents, a total of $1 million has been earmarked to resolve claims found in the lawsuit and will be distributed to current and former Battalion and Deputy Fire Chiefs that were denied ...

Osceola County, Florida, and a group of fourteen current and former fire department battalion chiefs have reached a settlement following a 2024 misclassification lawsuit. The battalion chiefs claimed that the county misclassified them as overtime exempt executives in violation of the FLSA. The county countered that the battalion chiefs were “properly classified” and denied all of their claims. However, according ...

A group of fourteen current and former battalion chiefs from the Osceola County Fire Rescue and EMS Department have filed a lawsuit alleging the county improperly classified them as overtime exempt executive and administrative employees in violation of the FLSA. Whether any employee can be classified as an overtime exempt executive or administrative employee depends on the specific facts involved. ...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is poised to increase the minimum the salary necessary to classify workers [including many high-ranking fire officers] as overtime exempt under the FLSA. The new rule, which will likely go into effect in early 2024 will raise the minimum required weekly salary for overtime exempt white-collar employees by $375 per week and the minimum ...

The City of Orlando is facing allegations of retaliation from several District Fire Chiefs following a recent federal lawsuit over unpaid overtime. According to the district chiefs, the city has announced wide-spread transfers among high-ranking city fire officers. The transfers will move several dozen Orlando Fire Department District and Assistant Chiefs to different shifts and stations. The district chiefs are ...

Cobb County, Georgia is no stranger to FLSA litigation. The county is yet again facing an FLSA lawsuit related to alleged misclassifying senior fire officers as overtime exempt executive employees. The most recent lawsuit contains very similar allegations as another misclassification lawsuit filed by a group of ten Cobb County battalion Chiefs last April. Cobb County Fire Department Battalion Chief ...

A group of twenty-four current and former “District Chiefs” from the Orlando Fire Department have filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging the city misclassified them as overtime exempt employees in violation of the FLSA. This lawsuit is the latest in a series of similar lawsuits filed by high-ranking fire officers from across the country seeking overtime pay. Quoting from ...