13-year Louisville overtime war continues
In 2000, a group of firefighters from Louisville, Kentucky filed a complaint with the Kentucky Labor Cabinet, alleging that the city did not give them fair overtime pay for time and attendance. According to the Courier-Journal, a messy battle then ensued for the next 13 years and is still not over.
The home of the Kentucky Derby has already paid the firefighters $71.2 million, but a judge recently ruled that it owes 103 retired firefighters an extra $6.2 million in back pension interest, Business First reported.
Louisville firefighters work an average of 16 hours of overtime each week, but they believe that the city miscalculated their wages for previous employee attendance and therefore owe them millions in salary and pensions. According to the Courier-Journal, this war has continued for so long because both sides keep appealing adverse rulings. In addition, despite multiple decisions in favor of the workers, the city did not change its overtime calculation methods until 2008.
The current Louisville mayor, Greg Fischer, was not in office when the lawsuits began, but he is working hard to bring them to a final conclusion. After the recent $6.2 million ruling, the city is considering another appeal, the source reported. This would only compound the already outrageous court costs and leave the city's bill accruing at 12 percent.
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