Legal Opinion
Calvao v. Town of Framingham
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 15, 2010No. 09-1648PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
This case under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) raises an issue about whether a city or town must give notice to its public safety officers as a matter of federal law before the municipality takes advantage of a special statutory exemption for these officers from usual overtime requirements, 29 U.S.C. § 207(k). We hold no such notice is required.
Plaintiffs are police officers of the Town of Framingham who brought a putative class action suit against the Town in April 2005, alleging that the Town had failed to pay them sufficient overtime in violation of the FLSA, 29…
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