Court Upholds KCFD Overtime Decision

Update on a hotly debate topic by municipal policy wonks . . .

A snippet from Bloomberg law . . .

Kansas City, Mo., properly pays overtime under federal law to emergency medical technicians and paramedics, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit ruled Thursday in a lawsuit filed in the wake of a previously resolved wage and hour dispute.

Affirming a 2019 trial court decision, the Eighth Circuit declined to revive the case questioning whether the bargained-for wage structure for EMTs and paramedics violated the Fair Labor Standards Act.

The appeals court separately found that dual-function firefighters and paramedics, known as “fire medics,” are partially exempt from overtime provisions.

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