LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Lawrence officials have agreed to pay nearly $1 million in back overtime to dozens of firefighter captains, police sergeants and other city employees.
The city said in a news release Friday that the city determined it had mistakenly misclassified some jobs as not eligible for overtime when they actually were.
The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the back payments will be made next month.
The issue goes back to the summer of 2019, when captains from Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical requested a formal review of their status as exempt from overtime, thinking that the city may have overlooked a change in federal standards. The city also conducted its own review.
The back pay will go to 21 fire captains, 24 police sergeants and three city planners.
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