Taggart v. Town of Wakefield

This case raises the question whether the Wage Act, G. L. c. 149, § 148, requires the town of Wakefield (town) *422to compensate ten probationary firefighters for travel time incurred while attending the recruit training program at the Massachusetts Fire Academy (MFA) in Stow. The plaintiffs seek, under G. L. c. 151, §§ 1A and IB, payment for such travel time on an overtime basis, and appeal the granting of summary judgment in favor of the town.

In 2005, the town hired the plaintiffs as firefighters and each attended the MFA at some point between 2005 and 2006. Under the collective bargaining…