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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 ...

A federal judge in South Carolina has dismissed an FLSA misclassification lawsuit filed by a former firefighter/medic without the need for a trail. United States District Court Judge Bruce Howe Hendricks granted Jasper County’s request to dismiss the 2021 lawsuit filed by Heather Davis, a former firefighter/medic for Jasper County’s Emergency Services Department. In the lawsuit, Davis alleged that the ...