{"id":3228,"date":"2021-08-19T16:14:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T20:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/?p=3228"},"modified":"2021-08-19T16:14:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T20:14:33","slug":"front-line-medical-workers-to-keep-14-5m-back-pay-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/front-line-medical-workers-to-keep-14-5m-back-pay-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Front Line Medical Workers to Keep $14.5M Back Pay Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Front line medical workers\u00a0in New York\u00a0have\u00a0just\u00a0confirmed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/employment-authority\/articles\/1410335\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">huge win<\/a>\u00a0of significant\u00a0owed\u00a0wages.\u00a0Nearly 2,500 EMTs and paramedics will keep their\u00a0$14.5 million award after they filed a class action lawsuit back in 2013\u00a0under the Fair Labor Standards Act (\u201cFLSA\u201d). Despite\u00a0the city\u00a0and FDNY\u00a0disputing the award and asking it be overturned,\u00a0a\u00a0U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick\u00a0ruled in favor of the\u00a0front line medical workers. The federal\u00a0judge\u00a0noted\u00a0that\u00a0the city\u2019s\u00a0FLSA violations were willfully enforcing policies that kept these essential workers\u00a0from getting paid for all of the hours they worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawsuit had claimed&nbsp;that emergency medical technicians and paramedics working for the city&nbsp;completed significant amounts of pre-shift and post-shift work that the department failed to pay.&nbsp;Codes that would\u2019ve allowed thousands of&nbsp;paramedics&nbsp;to&nbsp;put in for overtime&nbsp;were not given&nbsp;as they should have been.&nbsp;The result was&nbsp;our hard working&nbsp;front line medical&nbsp;employees worked off the&nbsp;clock before and after their shifts started and ended without any pay.&nbsp;The judge awarded&nbsp;the workers&nbsp;$7.2 million in back pay and another $7.2 million inliquidated damages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you work in this industry, make sure all of your pre and post shift work is accounted for and logged to ensure proper payment. If you feel you may be missing pay, speaking to an employment attorney may be helpful to help decipher if you may be owed wages.\u00a0Our firm, Fitapelli &amp; Schaffer, LLP, offers a free and confidential consultation to see if you may have a\u00a0claim. You can reach us at (212) 300-0375 or visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/Fslawfirm.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a> for additional helpful information regarding your rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\nFront line medical workers\u00a0in New York\u00a0have\u00a0just\u00a0confirmed a huge win\u00a0of significant\u00a0owed\u00a0wages.\u00a0Nearly 2,500 EMTs and paramedics will keep their\u00a0$14.5 million award after they filed a class action lawsuit back in 2013\u00a0under the Fair Labor Standards Act (\u201cFLSA\u201d). Despite\u00a0the city\u00a0and FDNY\u00a0disputing the award and asking it be overturned,\u00a0a\u00a0U.S. District Judge Vernon S. 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