Tag Archives: white collar exemptions

Three fire captains employed by the City of Bondurant, Iowa have filed a lawsuit alleging the city failed to properly pay overtime required under both Iowa law and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The case was originally filed in Iowa District Court for Polk County earlier this year and later removed by the city to federal court because it ...

The City of West Des Moines, Iowa has agreed to pay nearly $350,000 to settle a federal lawsuit brought by current and former fire officers who alleged they were denied overtime pay in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). According to The Des Moines Register, the lawsuit was filed by 15 current and former fire officers who claimed ...

On December 31, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld a lower court’s ruling that found a group of current and former Alexandria battalion chiefs were ineligible for FLSA overtime. The chiefs had challenged the City of Alexandria’s pay practices as unlawful under both federal and state wage and hour laws. In 2023, a federal district ...

A group of seven Santa Fe, New Mexico battalion chiefs have filed a federal lawsuit alleging that their employer, the City of Santa Fe, denied them overtime in violation of the FLSA. More specifically, the battalion chiefs claim that the city misclassifies them as overtime exempt “white-collar” employees. Additionally, the chiefs claim that this misclassification results in a violation of ...

A federal district court ruled that District Chiefs (DCs) in the City of Orlando’s Fire Department are exempt from any FLSA overtime pay. In a somewhat unusual ruling, United States District Judge Carlos Mendoza accepted the City of Orlando’s request to have an earlier ruling “reconsidered” and ultimately found the DCs met the requirements necessary to be classified as overtime ...

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 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 ...

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 ...