Overtime debate continues for West Virginia firefighters
A disagreement over changes to firefighter overtime policies by the city of Charleston, West Virginia, is headed for court, WSAZ-TV reports.
City officials maintain employees of the Charleston Fire Department were overpaid for years thanks to an 18-year-old mistake in its time and attendance policy. However, firefighters argue that they aren't being paid fully under the revised law, which they claim has left them short-staffed and is having a negative effect on their response times.
"We think we're right on this," said Charleston Mayor Danny Jones, as quoted by the news source. "We think we're on sound, legal basis but … if there's a payroll (issue) we need to know now."
The city filed a motion that requests a judge to determine the legality of the current policy. The local union chapter, Charleston Professional Firefighters Association Local 317, expressed its awareness of the motion in a recently released statement.
The Charleston Daily Mail reports that firefighters were previously paid overtime wages for working any unscheduled shift. Under the new measure, they have to put in more than 212 hours of employee attendance in a 28-day period before becoming eligible to be paid at an overtime rate.
City officials maintain employees of the Charleston Fire Department were overpaid for years thanks to an 18-year-old mistake in its time and attendance policy. However, firefighters argue that they aren't being paid fully under the revised law, which they claim has left them short-staffed and is having a negative effect on their response times.
"We think we're right on this," said Charleston Mayor Danny Jones, as quoted by the news source. "We think we're on sound, legal basis but … if there's a payroll (issue) we need to know now."
The city filed a motion that requests a judge to determine the legality of the current policy. The local union chapter, Charleston Professional Firefighters Association Local 317, expressed its awareness of the motion in a recently released statement.
The Charleston Daily Mail reports that firefighters were previously paid overtime wages for working any unscheduled shift. Under the new measure, they have to put in more than 212 hours of employee attendance in a 28-day period before becoming eligible to be paid at an overtime rate.
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