HARO v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

Nos. 12-55062, 12-55303, 12-55310, 12-55076.

745 F.3d 1249 (2014)

Tina R. HARO, Plaintiff, and Ruben Armendariz; Frank Brown; Ivan Carmona; Kenneth Dawson; Donald Gillenwater; James Goldsworthy; Robert Gonzalez; Paul Gutierrez; Karl Koller; Michael Limon; Patrick Marek; Miguel Martinez; Eddie Matamoros; Ricardo Molina; Alan Naeole; Tony Tran Nguyen; Michael Palma; Brandi Pilato; Joseph St. Georges; Arthur Skubik; Thomas Stafford; Carey Steiner; Ervin Stone; Moises Torres; Carlos Vargas; Wayne Weiseham, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant-Appellant. Juan M. Achan, Plaintiff, and Gregory J. Acevedo; Angel E. Alvarez; Randall Araiza; Steve Bloch; Randall W. Brass; Kevin A. Burgess; Alfred Camacho; Jose R. Camunas; S. Carrasco; Joseph Coleman; Ricky D. Crawford; William D. Ducat; Enrique C. Duque; Daniel J. Faulkner; Pablo Flores; Gus Gaeta; Cesar A. Garcia; Dionisio L. Garza; Henry M. Gasbarri; Juan Gonzalez; George G. Gordon; Enrique Graciano; David Grijalva; Rudy Gutierrez; Diana Igawa; Matt Johnson; Eldon A. Karratti; Scott Lazar; Alexander Lemus; Shawn Lenske; Julio Maldonado; Cecil J. Manresa; Juan M. Marez; Manuel Martinez; Oscar Martinez; Eduardo L. Mena; Ricardo I. Mena; Joe Louis Mendoza; David R. Miranda; Gabriel Olmedo; Tony Porrata; Kristina Rivera; Miguel Rodriguez; Jose R. Sanchez; Orin Saunders; Cathleen Scarvers; Susan Rae Spencer; Craig J. Thompson; Edward Torrez; Robert A. Valles; Alberto Vargas; Cheromee Bridget Wold; Ljubomir Zajorac, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. City of Los Angeles, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 18, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian P. Walter (argued), and David A. Uban , Liebert Cassidy Whitmore , Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Thomas A. Woodley (argued), Woodley & McGillivary, Washington, D.C.; Alan S. Kaufman , Chamberlain, Kaufman & Jones, Albany, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before: HARRY PREGERSON and RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judges, and MICHAEL H. SIMON, District Judge.


OPINION

PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

Because of an exemption written into the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"), Los Angeles City employees "engaged in fire protection" (i.e. firefighters) do not receive standard overtime pay — time and a half for all hours worked over forty in one workweek. Instead, firefighters receive overtime only after working 212 hours in a twenty-eight-day period.

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