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"Phila. fire paramedics win right to receive overtime pay"

"Phila. fire paramedics win right to receive overtime pay": The Philadelphia Inquirer today contains an article that begins, "Philadelphia Fire Department paramedics who went to court to get overtime pay won a significant victory yesterday when a federal appeals court ruled they are entitled to overtime pay if they work more than 40 hours a week. The 2-1 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit came in a case involving about 300 fire service paramedics who are assigned to 40 different units at firehouses across the city. The appellate judges sent the case back to federal district court for a determination of damages."

My earlier coverage of yesterday's Third Circuit ruling appears at this link.

Full post as published by How Appealing on May 29, 2008 (boomark / email).