Tag Archives: Fire Law Podcast

In this episode, Curt and Bill Maccarone provide an overview of the Fair Labor Standards Act. No other law impacts fire department operations nor costs local governments more than the FLSA. Since 1985 when the US Supreme Court decided Garcia ...

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In this episode, firefighter-attorney Bill Maccarone explains a recent decision by the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in an overtime case brought by 82 firefighters from the Menlo Park Fire Protection District who alleged their overtime wages were not properly calculated. Listen as Curt and Bill discuss why the court ruled against the firefighters.

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In this podcast District of Columbia Battalion Chief Richard Sterne explains the circumstances surrounding his demotion by Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe for not finding two officers guilty of charges at a disciplinary hearing. Curt Varone and DC Attorney Jim Pressler review the facts, the law and the politics behind the scene in the Nation’s Capitol.

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Can fire officers be disciplined for not supervising subordinates while off duty? Attorney Patrick Walsh joins me to discuss a suit he filed two weeks ago in Cook County, Illinois challenging the discipline of four firefighters for an altercation last ...

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