The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in federal, state, and local governments.

Rains Lucia Stern, PC assists public safety officers in obtaining the overtime pay and other benefits to which they are entitled under the FLSA. RLS has established an alliance with the nationally-known FLSA firm of Aitchison & Vick to ensure that each of our clients receive full compensation for all work performed. Our joint FLSA team includes Will Aitchison, who has been representing police unions for more than 20 years and has handled numerous FLSA lawsuits on behalf of police officers around the country, recovering millions of dollars in damages. For more information on current cases visit http://www.aitchisonvick.com/cases.html.

RLS aggressively pursues agency compliance with all FLSA requirements for all its law enforcement clients in California. Recently, RLS has demanded that agencies voluntarily comply with the requirement that employees get paid for the time spent putting on safety gear or face an immediate FLSA lawsuit. See our newsletter from August 2006 for more information: “Getting paid for getting dressed: FLSA defines working time to include getting in and out of safety gear.” http://www.rlslawyers.com/pdfs/News_Bulletin_8-01-06.pdf