LRIS Fair Labor Standards Act

When is Mandatory Counseling Paid Time Under the FLSA?Past

March 3, 2015

Gwendolyn Gibbs and Lanita Drew worked for the New York Police Department. Each was identified by the NYPD as having a problem with alcohol use, although each employee disputed this characterization a...

Calculating the Overtime Rate Under the FLSAPast

July 21, 2011

Public safety employers continue to be bedeviled by some of the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). High up there on the list of problems is how to calculate the overtime rate under t...

Repayment of Training Costs Requirement Not an Illegal ‘Kickback’Past

February 1, 2011

The City of Oakland, California has a policy requiring police officers to repay a portion of their training costs if they voluntarily leave the City’s employment before completing five years of serv...

Employees Can Be Forced to Use Comp Time in Lieu of Sick LeavePast

August 1, 2009

A group of corrections officers filed a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) lawsuit against the City of Atlanta, Georgia. One of the claims made by the officers was that the City forced them to use their ...