Labor/Employment
Sep. 20, 2016
Public employers need to be vigilant about ovrtime rules
A 9th Circuit decision earlier this year triggered a flurry of Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuits against public employers in California. By Lisa S. Charbonneau
Lisa S. Charbonneau
Liebert Cassidy Whitmore
135 Main St Fl 7
San Francisco , CA 94105
Email: lcharbonneau@lcwlegal.com
UC Hastings COL; San Francisco CA
Much has been written over the years about the significant overtime paid to California's public employees. As public agencies work to rein in overtime costs and ensure public accountability in employee compensation, a thorny issue remains: the complicated relationship between public agency compensation practices and the strict overtime mandates of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA).
The FLSA is depression-era...
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