Detective sues for wrongful dismissal, overtime employee attendance compensation
A Bedford County, Tennessee, detective recently sued the county and its sheriff, claiming she was wrongfully dismissed for demanding compensation for overtime employee attendance and supporting officers who were denied overtime pay, the Shelbyville Times-Gazette reports.
Rebecca Hord also alleges she was fired because of her race and gender. She is suing for the back pay and front pay she would have accrued if she hadn't been terminated, along with damages.
Hord alleges that when she met with Bedford County sheriff Randall Boyce, he agreed she was owed overtime pay "but stated that the county simply didn't have it," according to the lawsuit.
At the time, the sheriff's department was also dealing with a separate time and attendance lawsuit involving four detectives. The men claimed they had not been paid overtime or compensatory time off in two years and were forced to work off the timeclock because they were accruing too many hours of overtime.
Officers employed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey are dealing with the opposite problem - too much overtime. According to data recently released by the agency, 66 of its officers made more than $200,000 so far this year.
Rebecca Hord also alleges she was fired because of her race and gender. She is suing for the back pay and front pay she would have accrued if she hadn't been terminated, along with damages.
Hord alleges that when she met with Bedford County sheriff Randall Boyce, he agreed she was owed overtime pay "but stated that the county simply didn't have it," according to the lawsuit.
At the time, the sheriff's department was also dealing with a separate time and attendance lawsuit involving four detectives. The men claimed they had not been paid overtime or compensatory time off in two years and were forced to work off the timeclock because they were accruing too many hours of overtime.
Officers employed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey are dealing with the opposite problem - too much overtime. According to data recently released by the agency, 66 of its officers made more than $200,000 so far this year.
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