Fire Law Blog Fire Service and Public Safety Legal Issues Blog by Curt Varone
FLSA, Executive Exemption, Threats and Retaliation
Today’s burning question: The line chiefs in my fire department (deputy and battalion chiefs assigned to shifts) have gotten together to file an FLSA claim. We feel we are improperly classified as being exempt executives when we should be hourly employees. The Fire Chief has publicly stated that if we are successful, he will change our titles to eliminate the word “Chief”. Can he do that?
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