May 08, 2026
A group of Arizona fire department employees failed to plausibly allege that they worked more than 40 hours in any given workweek without proper overtime pay, a federal judge ruled, dismissing their proposed collective action against the town of Gilbert but allowing them to amend their claims.
November 03, 2025
A group of firefighters for the city of Mesa, Arizona, told a federal court that almost all the work they performed during ambulance shifts did not involve fire protection activities, arguing their wage suit should proceed because they did not fall under an overtime exemption for such activities.
August 15, 2025
An Arizona town illegally relies on a federal exemption that applies only to fire protection work to curb how much overtime fire department paramedics or EMTs can earn, a group of fire department employees said in a proposed collective action in federal court.