December 18, 2025
A Pennsylvania federal judge Thursday held off on deciding whether to send an overtime lawsuit against the city of Philadelphia, its police department and some of the department's leaders to trial, saying he needs additional details, including about a decades-old memorandum amending a civil service regulation.
December 09, 2025
An overtime suit against the city of Philadelphia, its police department and some of the department's leaders should continue on to trial because qualified immunity doesn't apply and many questions remain unanswered, two ranking officers told a federal court.
November 10, 2025
Ranking police officers' claims that officials with the city of Philadelphia and its Police Department didn't tell them they were eligible for overtime for emergency work would require a one-on-one analysis, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled, denying a bid for class certification.
September 26, 2025
The city of Philadelphia and several officials said that they followed the collective bargaining agreement to compensate ranking officers, telling a federal court that a proposed class in an overtime suit would require individualized inquiries that clash with certification.
September 11, 2025
A group of "ranking officers" in the Philadelphia Police Department on Thursday asked a federal judge to certify a class of approximately 230 current and former officers for their lawsuit alleging they weren't informed of their eligibility for overtime pay.
January 14, 2025
A Pennsylvania federal judge refused to throw out the majority of a proposed class action from ranking officers accusing the Philadelphia Police Department of failing to alert them of their overtime eligibility, but determined that municipal policies providing for certain overtime pay do not constitute a contract.
December 05, 2024
Current and former Philadelphia Police Department commissioners and human resources directors urged a Pennsylvania federal court to throw out a proposed class action by ranking officers alleging that the department failed to alert them of their overtime eligibility, saying the case was brought too late.
August 22, 2024
The Philadelphia Police Department failed to notify ranking officers that they were eligible to receive overtime pay for authorized emergency work, resulting in these employees losing out on thousands of hours' worth of compensation, a proposed class action filed in Pennsylvania federal court said.