Tag Archives: collective bargaining agreement

Today’s burning question: If a collective bargaining agreement requires a fire department to count vacation and sick time as hours worked for overtime purposes, do these hours have to count toward hours worked for FLSA purposes.

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Today’s Burning Question: Can a collective bargaining agreement trump the FLSA? I heard the FLSA trumps everything, including a CBA. Answer: While the FLSA certainly can trump CBAs, that is not always the case. The best perspective is to consider the FLSA to be the floor below - which an employer cannot go.

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Two Austin residents have filed suit against the city and Austin Firefighters IAFF Local 975 claiming that provisions in the collective bargaining agreement that allow union officials paid time-off for union business violate the Texas Constitution.

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The mayor of Taylor, Michigan is headed to court, and not by his own choosing. Mayor Jeffery Lamarand is facing charges of contempt of court for refusing to comply with a 2012 arbitration ruling over the layoff of 32 firefighters. ...

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