Legal Opinion
Knecht v. City of Redwood City
District Court, N.D. California
Decided May 29, 1987No. C-86-5837-WWSPublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
SCHWARZER, District Judge.
Introduction:
Plaintiffs are fourteen Fire Captains employed by the Fire Department of defendant Redwood City. Plaintiffs filed this action on October 10, 1986 seeking wages allegedly due them under the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“the FLSA” or “the Act”), 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. Defendant in its answer raised the affirmative defense that plaintiffs are exempt from the overtime provisions of the FLSA.
The FLSA requires payment of overtime compensation for hours worked in excess of a prescribed work week. The provisions of the FLSA…
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