St. Clair County, Ill., and a group of emergency dispatchers resolved a lawsuit alleging the dispatchers weren’t properly paid overtime wages during periods they worked over 40 hours a week.
Judge J. Phil Gilbert, of the US District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, approved the parties’ proposed settlement and dismissed their case on March 6. Three 911 call dispatchers sued the county in 2023, claiming its work week policy improperly compensated overtime hours under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Illinois Minimum Wage Law.
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