Tag Archives: vacation

Today’s burning question: Can a firefighter assigned to a shift position take a 24-hour vacation day and then turn around and work on a shift-trade for a person on that same shift? Answer: Great question. There is nothing in the FLSA that prohibits a firefighter from taking a vacation day and working a shift trade.

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Today’s burning question: My fire department if we work overtime during a work period during which we take vacation, rather than pay overtime for the extra hours worked, they credit back vacation time. Our HR and Fire Chief claim it is against the law (FLSA) to be paid overtime and receive vacation hours in the same time work period. Is this true?

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The City of Sheboygan has agreed to settle a suit by former Fire Chief Jeff Hermann over payment for accrued sick and vacation leave. The suit was filed after the city refused to pay Chief Hermann roughly $37,000 in accrued leave when he retired in 2014.

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A Tennessee man who was arrested last January in New Orleans, Louisiana as he was boarding a cruise ship for a vacation, is suing the Chattanooga Fire Department, Fire Chief Kelvin Lamar Flint, Lieutenant Henry McElvain and the City of Chattanooga among others claiming they were responsible for instituting the charges that led to his wrongful arrest.

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A Los Angeles fire captain is on paid administrative leave as the LAFD investigates how he was able to receive nearly $80,000 in additional compensation from the department in 2010. Captain Eric Vasquez was assigned to supervise time sheet recordkeeping, ...

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Today’s burning question: My fire department offered me a $26,000 buyout to retire. If I take it, does the $26,000 include accrued vacation time, or can I still get paid for the time I have on the books?  That question ...

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