Legal Opinion
Chavez v. City of Albuquerque
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 12, 2011No. 09-2274, 09-2288PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRISCOE, Chief Judge.
This is a collective action brought under 29 U.S.C. § 216(b) by current and former employees (collectively, the Employees) of the defendant City of Albuquerque, New Mexico (the City), alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. (FLSA). The FLSA generally requires employers to compensate overtime hours at one and one-half times an employee’s “regular rate” of pay. The district court concluded that the City violated the FLSA by failing to include compensation for unused vacation and sick time (vacation and sick leave buy-backs) in the FLSA…
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