Masters v. City of Huntington

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

TAYLOR, United States Magistrate Judge.

Firefighters employed by the City of Huntington instituted the present action *357alleging violations by the City of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201, et seq. (hereinafter “the Act” and “FLSA”). Seeking injunctive and monetary relief, plaintiffs contend that the City’s method of paying them over the years, and in particular since the FLSA became applicable to municipal firefighters on April 15, 1986,1 has had the effect of depriving them of overtime compensation for hours worked in excess of forty a week at…