Tennessee county sheriff denies alleged overtime violations
Last month, four sheriff detectives from Bedford County, Tennessee, filed a lawsuit claiming they had not been paid overtime or compensatory time off in two years and were forced to work off the timeclock, according to the Shelbyville Times-Gazette.
The four men - David Sakich, Kevin Holton, Scott Jones and Todd Hammond - were allegedly told by their supervisor to stop filling out employee attendance records because they were receiving too much overtime pay. Following this, they continued to work more than 40 hours per week without receiving the time and attendance compensation afforded to them by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Bedford County Sheriff Randall Boyce denied the allegations via an affidavit filed in federal court, the news source reports. According to Boyce, members of the unit to which the men belonged were told to schedule their hours so as not to accrue overtime, and take days off as necessary.
Five law enforcement officers in El Paso, Texas, were also recently the subjects of an overtime investigation, according to the Houston Chronicle. The officers allegedly ticketed drivers during their normal working hours, but wrote later times on the tickets to claim overtime.
The four men - David Sakich, Kevin Holton, Scott Jones and Todd Hammond - were allegedly told by their supervisor to stop filling out employee attendance records because they were receiving too much overtime pay. Following this, they continued to work more than 40 hours per week without receiving the time and attendance compensation afforded to them by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Bedford County Sheriff Randall Boyce denied the allegations via an affidavit filed in federal court, the news source reports. According to Boyce, members of the unit to which the men belonged were told to schedule their hours so as not to accrue overtime, and take days off as necessary.
Five law enforcement officers in El Paso, Texas, were also recently the subjects of an overtime investigation, according to the Houston Chronicle. The officers allegedly ticketed drivers during their normal working hours, but wrote later times on the tickets to claim overtime.
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