Posts Tagged: Overtime
Lancaster fire union says Mayor’s report took comments about volunteers out of context. Read IAFF Local 319′s response.
Union says this is not a career versus volunteer issue.
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Lancaster fire union official’s testimony: Volunteers are unreliable & you can’t count on them to protect your life.
Where firefighters can live and call back requirements before mutual aid is used are part of the arbitration.
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Anti SLAPP Laws and the DC LT OT Debacle
Last week Dave Statter asked me to look into a case out of Washington, DC, where a fire lieutenant accused of working excessive overtime sued a local TV station claiming its coverage defamed him. The case was recently dismissed under a law called an Ant…
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DC lieutenant’s lawsuit against TV station tossed out by judge under new anti-SLAPP law. Dave thinks this was a case of poor journalism.
The reporter was asking the right questions, but not to the right person.
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FLSA and Volunteers
Today’s burning question is one that has come up before, and will no doubt come up again: I am the new chief of a mostly volunteer fire department. The six career firefighters, who are all former volunteers, have never been allowed to volunteer their s…
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Patterson Firefighters Grieve Withholding of Storm Related Overtime Pay
Patterson, New Jersey, Firefighters IAFF Local 4577 have filed a grievance against the city of Patterson over the non-payment of overtime wages for work performed during the flooding associated with Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee last September. …
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Iraq and Afghanistan Firefighters File Suit for Over $100M
On Tuesday, twenty-eight US firefighters filed a class action lawsuit against Wackenhut Services International, Kellog-Brown & Root, LLC (KBR) and Halliburton Corp, claiming fraud, conspiracy, and breach of contract arising out of their work in Afgha…
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Does overtime use equal abuse? Dave takes on a reporter’s claim about the DC Fire & EMS Department. Plus, Chief Ellerbe pushes forward with his shift change plan.
Dave wants the reporter to present some facts. The chief wants to do away with 24-hour shifts.
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Texas Refinery Firefighters File FLSA Suit for Overtime
Two former industrial firefighters at the port of Corpus Christi, Texas have filed a Federal lawsuit alleging they were wrongfully not paid overtime for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week.
Joe Dale Martinez and Fidencio Lopez Jr. worked f…
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FLSA Overtime Suit Filed in Kansas City
A Kansas City, Missouri Fire Department EMT has filed a class action lawsuit against the city alleging that overtime pay for EMTs and paramedics has been improperly calculated.
Marissa Hermsen filed suit yesterday alleging that EMTs and par…
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Quick Takes: March 14, 2011.
Fire and EMS news for Monday.
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Fire and EMS news for Wednesday.
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Pelham Firefighters Claim FLSA Violation
Firefighters in Pelham, Alabama have filed a lawsuit against the department alleging that their work schedule violates the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The act requires that firefighters who work more than 52 hours per week, or on average more than 2…
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Update: Watch entire hearing on DC Fire & EMS Department overtime spending. More fireworks between Rubin & Mendelson.
DC Chief Dennis Rubin again faces council member over overtime and budget issues.
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Release of Random Drug Testing Results Raise HIPAA Challenge
Fire Lieutenant Shawn Baptist was fired last year from the Zephyrhills, Florida Fire Department after he allegedly failed a random drug test on February 23, 2009. He is challenging the termination as well as the results of the test through grievance arbi…
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Village Escapes Liability for Sex Abuse By Chief
On May 7, 2010, the US Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit ruled that a fire department would not be held liable for sexual abuse committed by a former fire chief. The suit was one of two brought by a former cadet at the Village of Thornton, Illinois�…
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Alberta Babysitter is Both Hero and Defendant
A Canadian teenager who saved two children from a trailer fire in 2007, is now a defendant in a lawsuit over responsibility for the fire. Aaliyah Braybrook, of Alberta, was 12 years old at the time of the fire, and was baby sitting for two young boys. Sh…
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Quick Takes
Monday's fire and EMS news.
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Quick Takes
News for Thursday.
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Updated Quick Takes
Thursday's fire and EMS news.
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Rockingham NC Overtime Suit Settled – $167k
In March 2009, ten Rockingham, North Carolina firefighters, all members of IAFF Local 4702, filed suit against the city of Rockingham alleging overtime pay issues and violations of Fair Standards Labor Act. The same ten firefighters were resp…
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Sexual Assault and the Scope of Employment for Firefighters
Which of the following seems out of place: porn star costume party, on-duty firefighters, alcohol, and sexual assault. Unfortunately those four terms all came together in Sacramento, California on July 2, 2004. In the aftermath of this and several…
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Public Records Law Versus Firefighter Bill of Rights
A recent case involving the Anderson Fire Protection District, in California points out the challenges that sometimes occur when complying with open records laws. In May, 2009, the district board placed the fire chief on leave while it investigated alleg…
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Atlanta Firefighters Disciplined for Failing to Fully Assess Shooting Victim
The Atlanta Fire Department disciplined three firefighters last week for their role at a shooting in December, 2009. The firefighters were charged with failing to properly assess the condition of a mortally wounded store clerk before assuming he was dead…
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