Legal Opinion
Cleveland v. City of Los Angeles
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 22, 2005No. 03-55505PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
This case involves the application of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (“FLSA”) overtime exemption for an “employee engaged in fire protection activities.” 29 U.S.C. § 207(k). Unless an exemption applies, the FLSA requires that employees be compensated at a rate of one-and-one-half times their regular hourly rate for all hours worked in excess of forty in one week. We must determine whether the fire protection exemption should be applied to dual function paramedics, individuals trained in both fire suppression and advanced life saving. This issue is of first impression…
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