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Alabama Firefighters Claim City Retaliated Against Them For Filing FLSA Suit

A lawsuit filed by 91 Alabama firefighters who claimed the City of Gadsden was violating the FLSA, has been amended to accuse the city of retaliating against them for having brought the suit. The firefighters filed their original suit in May alleging the city miscalculated their regular rate, resulting in overtime underpayments.

Change in Pension Contributions Challenged in Alabama

Today’s burning question: Can a city unilaterally increase the amount that firefighters pay each week toward their pension while reducing their own contribution by the same amount? That is the issue in a case filed Thursday in Federal District Court ...

Curt Varone has over 45 years of fire service experience and 35 as a practicing attorney licensed in both Rhode Island and Maine. His background includes 29 years as a career firefighter in Providence (retiring as a Deputy Assistant Chief), as well as volunteer and paid on call experience. He is the author of two books: Legal Considerations for Fire and Emergency Services, (2006, 2nd ed. 2011, 3rd ed. 2014, 4th ed. 2022) and Fire Officer's Legal Handbook (2007), and is a contributing editor for Firehouse Magazine writing the Fire Law column.

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