August 26, 2026
A Delaware federal court has declined to rule before trial on whether Wilmington police captains are exempt from overtime pay, finding genuine factual disputes about whether their primary duty is frontline law enforcement or management that only a jury can resolve.
April 20, 2026
A group of Wilmington police captains who say they were denied overtime pay for years asked a Delaware federal judge on Monday to rule in their favor without a trial, arguing undisputed evidence shows they are frontline officers entitled to overtime under federal law.
December 17, 2024
The city of Wilmington, Delaware, misclassifies police captains as overtime-exempt despite their duties being nearly identical to those of police officers, who are eligible for overtime pay, a Delaware federal court was told.