On April 2, 2019 three San Diego firefighters filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California alleging the City of San Diego violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). For more on that story from FirefighterOvertime.org click here. However, in the past five weeks alone, another 250 city firefighters have elected to “opt-in” on this ...
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San Diego Firefighters File FLSA Lawsuit
Several current and former San Diego firefighters filed a federal lawsuit last week alleging the City of San Diego violated the FLSA. Eric Kelley, Patrick Hesters, and Eric Dunnick filed the suit on behalf of themselves and other similarly situated individuals in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California on April 2, 2019. The firefighters’ complaint states ...
Read More »Changes on the Horizon as DOL Looks to “Clarify” and “Update” Regular Rate Rules
The Department of Labor (DOL) made an announcement today, March 28, 2019 that it has begun the formal review process necessary to make changes to various regulations pertaining to the regular rate of pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The notice and comment period for these changes will run from today until May 28, 2019. At that time ...
Read More »Allegations of FLSA Regular Rate Violations Against CA Fire Department
Cathedral City, California, is the latest city to face allegations of unpaid overtime from one of its firefighters. Corey Goddard, an engineer/paramedic for the Cathedral City Fire Department, filed a federal lawsuit this week alleging his employer [Cathedral City] failed to include all remuneration in his and other firefighters’ regular rate of pay in violation of the FLSA. In the ...
Read More »CA Fire Protection District and Firefighters Reach $1.3 Million Settlement in FLSA Suit
The Sacramento Metro Fire District (district) has reached a settlement with a group of more than 500 current and former fire department employees following alleged FLSA violations. The settlement, which was approved by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California requires the district to pay a total of $1,376,827.22 to 534 current and former firefighters, EMTs, engineers, ...
Read More »California Firefighters and City Settle FLSA Claims for More than $280,000
The City of La Verne, California has reached a settlement with a group of twenty-seven current and former city firefighters following allegations of unpaid overtime. The settlement follows a February 2018 FLSA lawsuit filed by the firefighters in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The firefighters made two basic claims in the suit. First, the city ...
Read More »Cleveland Ohio EMS Captain Files FLSA Suit Against the City
Captain Margerita Noland-Moore, a paramedic for the City of Cleveland’s Division of Emergency Medical Services, has filed a lawsuit against the city alleging she and as many as 300 other city EMS employees have been shorted overtime pay. The complaint, which was filed on November 26, alleges several specific violations of both the FLSA and Ohio law. According to the ...
Read More »Settlement Reached in Georgia Firefighters Regular Rate FLSA Lawsuit. . .Again
The Augusta-Richmond County Fire Department has reached a settlement with more than sixty- firefighters following allegations the county failed to include supplemental pay granted to firefighters for either EMT or Paramedic certification in the firefighter’s regular rate of pay. The FLSA requires virtually all remuneration — like compensation paid to firefighters for EMT or paramedic certification — included in a ...
Read More »Contract Overtime vs. FLSA Overtime
Today’s FLSA Question – I am a firefighter. We have a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) that requires overtime (OT) pay for all hours worked outside of a firefighter’s scheduled shifts, regardless of hours actually worked in the work period. This contract OT rate does not include various monetary incentives (longevity, medic pay, and HAZMAT pay). However, we also receive FLSA ...
Read More »Santa Clara Is The Latest CA City To Face A Lawsuit By Firefighters Over Overtime Pay
Five California firefighters filed a lawsuit last week alleging their employer, the City of Santa Clara, violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Christopher Gaffney, Andre Jerome Soto, John C. O’Leary, Guido Quartaroli, and Jeff Provancher filed the collective action (lawsuit) on behalf of themselves and other similarly situated individuals against the city in federal court on October 24, 2018. ...
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