Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for Fire Departments
** LIVE WEBINAR **
September 5, 7, 12, 14, 2023
EZ "2 Plus 2" Schedule
A comprehensive overview of wage and hour issues in the fire and emergency services. This twenty-four (24) hour program addresses the most important topics governed by the Fair Labor Standards Act, including overtime requirements, maximum hours, determining regular rate, comp time, substitutions, payments to volunteers, record keeping and much, much more.
No other law impacts fire department operations nor costs local governments more than the FLSA. Since 1985 when the US Supreme Court decided Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority ruling that the FLSA was fully applicable to state and local governments, fire department cases have played a leading role in shaping the wage and hour landscape.
This program covers everything fire and emergency service leaders need to understand about the FLSA, including:
- Maximum hours before overtime compensation must be paid
- Shift schedules that work, and those that do not
- The impact of longevity pay, incentive pay, clothing allowance and sick leave buy-backs on hourly rate
- Comp time
- Kelly days
- On-call time
- Sleep time, meal time and break time issues
- Impact of substitutions on hours worked
- Treatment of officers as hourly or exempt personnel
- EMS personnel and the 207k exemption
- Acting out of rank pay
- Volunteers, compensation, expenses, benefits and nominal fees
- Portal-to-Portal Act
- Recordkeeping requirements
- How to establish a work period for FLSA purposes
- Training time
- Compensation for time spent in EMS recertification and/or other classes
- Overtime issues associated with USAR, wildland, IMAT, and DMAT deployments
This program is intended for fire service leaders, union officials and others responsible for ensuring compliance with the FLSA. Attorneys whose practice includes FLSA for fire and emergency services personnel may also find it valuable.
Course Location: LIVE WEBINAR
EZ 2-Plus-2 Schedule
6 hours a day delivered over four days
2 Days a Week Spread Across 2 Weeks
Tuesdays & Thurdays
September 5 and 7, 2023
September 12 and 14, 2023
• Eastern 11am-5:00pm
• Central 10am-4:00pm
• Mountain 9am-3:00pm
• Pacific 8am-2:00pm
Price: $450.00 per person.
To register offline, email curtvarone@gmail.com. Group discounts are available.
Worried about missing some of the program due to runs, meetings or other interruptions?
The webinar will be recorded. If you miss some or all of the session, we can provide a link to watch the recording for up to 48 hours after the class.
To register offline, or for details on group discounts email curtvarone@gmail.com.
September 5, 7, 12, 14, 2023
EZ "2 Plus 2" Schedule
Why This Schedule?
While the program has been praised by those who have attended, a consistent theme we have heard with the online delivery is the difficulty folks have being able to carve out four days in a row to attend the training while in their office. Following a recent class, one attendee suggested finding an alternative schedule that would deliver the same content over a longer period of time. This would do two things: First, folks can attend the class without the multi-day disruption that goes with the class being four days in a row. Second, folks will get a break between the sessions to allow the material to sink in, consider questions for the next session, and if need be watch the recordings for any portions they missed - so they are caught up and ready for each new day of learning. To be honest - it will also lessen the inevitable monotany that accompanies multi-day programs!
Have you taken FLSA for Fire Departments in the past three years?
We have a special offer for you! Registered attendees of the program are eligible to attend the class again for just $99. Not transferable and cannot be combined with any other offers. Only registered attendees of the class within the past three years are eligible. To take advantage of this offer, email curtvarone@gmail.com.
Instructors:
Curt Varone, EFO, Attorney
Deputy Chief, Exeter, RI
Deputy Assistant Fire Chief, Retired Providence, Rhode Island
Curt Varone has over 40 years of experience in the fire service, and 30 years of experience as a practicing attorney licensed in both Rhode Island and Maine. A graduate of the national Fire Academy’s Executive Fire Officer program he served as a career firefighter with the Providence Fire Department for 29 years. Curt served as the Director of the Public Fire Protection Division at the NFPA and has written two books, Legal Considerations for Fire and Emergency Services, and Fire Officer's Legal Handbook. He is a contributing editor for Firehouse Magazine and remains active as a deputy chief with the Exeter (RI) Fire Department.
Bill Maccarone, Attorney
North Kingstown Fire Department, North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Bill Maccarone is an attorney and a career Battalion Chief with the North Kingstown, RI Fire Department. He has over twenty years experience as both a paid professional firefighter and as a volunteer, and served as Vice President of the North Kingstown Firefighters Association, I.A.F.F. Local 1651. Bill has a Bachelor's Degree with a double major in Political Science and Public Administration, with a minor in Labor Studies from Rhode Island College. He also has Master's of Science degree in Labor Relations and Human Resources from the University of Rhode Island and a Juris Doctorate Degree from Roger Williams School of Law. He is licensed to practice law in both RI and MA.
Brian Massatt, Attorney
Orland Fire Protection District, Retired, Orland Park, IL
Brian Massatt is a trial attorney in Illinois and a retired firefighter. Besides his law degree, he holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration. Brian is a sitting board member of the National Employment Lawyers Association-Illinois and a regular contributing editor to the ABA treatise on the Fair Labor Standards Act. Brian typically litigates FLSA individual and class actions as a member of the trial bar for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
For additional information please contact:
Curt Varone: curtvarone@gmail.com
Seminar Agenda
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for Fire Departments
All Times Indicated are Eastern
Day 1
11:00am - 3:00pm
- Overview of FLSA
- Basic concepts
- Coverage
- Intro to maximum hours, regular rate and overtime rate
- Intro to hours worked
- Intro to 207 K partial exemption for police or firefighting work
3:00pm - 5:00pm
- Regular rate and overtime rate
- Workweek versus work period
Day 2
11:00am – 1:00pm
- Executive, administrative, and professional employees
- Highly compensated employees
1:00pm — 5:00pm
- More advanced 207 K partial exemption for firefighters
- Flexible schedules and schedule adjustments
- Comp time
- Common schedules
- Substitutions
- Early relief
Day 3
11:00 am - 3:00pm
- Volunteer Issues
- Can a career employee “volunteer”
- Same employer cases
- Same type of work
- When does a compensated “volunteer” become an employee?
- Sleep time
- Meal time
- Break time
- Training time
- Study time
- Travel issues
3:00pm-5:00pm
- Fluctuating workweek
- EMS Employees
- Discipline, fines and assessment
Day 4
11:00am - 1:00pm
- On-Call Time
- Fire investigators – law enforcement not firefighters
- Small Fire Department Exemption
- Premium offsets
- Recordkeeping requirements
1:00pm - 5:00pm
- Pre and post shift activities
- Suffered or permitted…. emails, text messages and work from home - off the clock claims
- Common FLSA violations
- Defenses
- State law issues
- Case updates
To register offline, or for details on group discounts email curtvarone@gmail.com.
Cancellation and Refund Policy
We all know that sometimes plans must change. If you find you can no longer attend a program, please contact me at curtvarone@gmail.com. Among the options are:
- transferring your registration to a colleague
- providing a full or partial refund
- credit for the next FLSA webinar
If you are seeking a refund, provided you notify me at least 30 days prior to a scheduled event, a full refund will be provided. If notice is provided less than 30 days prior to the event, a refund of 50% will be provided unless notice is provided less than 10 days prior to an event in which case a refund will not be provided. An exception will be made in the event that a class is sold out and your seat can be re-filled, in which case a full refund will be provided.
Remember - if you cannot attend you can always transfer your registration to a colleague. In addition, you can transfer your registration to the next FLSA webinar. Unfortunately for this program credit cannot be offerred for a future class other than the next FLSA webinar. Credit will not be provided for no-shows without prior notification. Refunds are not available to those reattending the program for $99.
Curt Varone has over 50 years of experience in the fire service. He served twenty-nine years with the Providence, Rhode Island, Fire Department, retiring as a Deputy Assistant Chief (shift-commander). He has been a practicing attorney for over forty years, licensed in both Rhode Island and Maine. Besides his Juris Doctorate, he has a Master's in Forensic Psychology. He previously served as the Director of the Public Fire Protection Division at the National Fire Protection Association. Curt has written four books, Legal Considerations for Fire and Emergency Services, Fire Officer's Legal Handbook, Managing Disciplinary Challenges in the Fire Service, and The Judgment Line. He is a contributing editor for Firehouse Magazine writing the Fire Law column and remains active as a deputy chief with the Exeter (RI) Fire Department.
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for Fire Departments
** LIVE WEBINAR **
September 5, 7, 12, 14, 2023
EZ "2 Plus 2" Schedule
A comprehensive overview of wage and hour issues in the fire and emergency services. This twenty-four (24) hour program addresses the most important topics governed by the Fair Labor Standards Act, including overtime requirements, maximum hours, determining regular rate, comp time, substitutions, payments to volunteers, record keeping and much, much more.
No other law impacts fire department operations nor costs local governments more than the FLSA. Since 1985 when the US Supreme Court decided Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority ruling that the FLSA was fully applicable to state and local governments, fire department cases have played a leading role in shaping the wage and hour landscape.
This program covers everything fire and emergency service leaders need to understand about the FLSA, including:
- Maximum hours before overtime compensation must be paid
- Shift schedules that work, and those that do not
- The impact of longevity pay, incentive pay, clothing allowance and sick leave buy-backs on hourly rate
- Comp time
- Kelly days
- On-call time
- Sleep time, meal time and break time issues
- Impact of substitutions on hours worked
- Treatment of officers as hourly or exempt personnel
- EMS personnel and the 207k exemption
- Acting out of rank pay
- Volunteers, compensation, expenses, benefits and nominal fees
- Portal-to-Portal Act
- Recordkeeping requirements
- How to establish a work period for FLSA purposes
- Training time
- Compensation for time spent in EMS recertification and/or other classes
- Overtime issues associated with USAR, wildland, IMAT, and DMAT deployments
This program is intended for fire service leaders, union officials and others responsible for ensuring compliance with the FLSA. Attorneys whose practice includes FLSA for fire and emergency services personnel may also find it valuable.
Course Location: LIVE WEBINAR
EZ 2-Plus-2 Schedule
6 hours a day delivered over four days
2 Days a Week Spread Across 2 Weeks
Tuesdays & Thurdays
September 5 and 7, 2023
September 12 and 14, 2023
• Eastern 11am-5:00pm
• Central 10am-4:00pm
• Mountain 9am-3:00pm
• Pacific 8am-2:00pm
Price: $450.00 per person.
To register offline, email curtvarone@gmail.com. Group discounts are available.
Worried about missing some of the program due to runs, meetings or other interruptions?
The webinar will be recorded. If you miss some or all of the session, we can provide a link to watch the recording for up to 48 hours after the class.
To register offline, or for details on group discounts email curtvarone@gmail.com.
September 5, 7, 12, 14, 2023
EZ "2 Plus 2" Schedule
Why This Schedule?
While the program has been praised by those who have attended, a consistent theme we have heard with the online delivery is the difficulty folks have being able to carve out four days in a row to attend the training while in their office. Following a recent class, one attendee suggested finding an alternative schedule that would deliver the same content over a longer period of time. This would do two things: First, folks can attend the class without the multi-day disruption that goes with the class being four days in a row. Second, folks will get a break between the sessions to allow the material to sink in, consider questions for the next session, and if need be watch the recordings for any portions they missed - so they are caught up and ready for each new day of learning. To be honest - it will also lessen the inevitable monotany that accompanies multi-day programs!
Have you taken FLSA for Fire Departments in the past three years?
We have a special offer for you! Registered attendees of the program are eligible to attend the class again for just $99. Not transferable and cannot be combined with any other offers. Only registered attendees of the class within the past three years are eligible. To take advantage of this offer, email curtvarone@gmail.com.
Instructors:
Curt Varone, EFO, Attorney
Deputy Chief, Exeter, RI
Deputy Assistant Fire Chief, Retired Providence, Rhode Island
Curt Varone has over 40 years of experience in the fire service, and 30 years of experience as a practicing attorney licensed in both Rhode Island and Maine. A graduate of the national Fire Academy’s Executive Fire Officer program he served as a career firefighter with the Providence Fire Department for 29 years. Curt served as the Director of the Public Fire Protection Division at the NFPA and has written two books, Legal Considerations for Fire and Emergency Services, and Fire Officer's Legal Handbook. He is a contributing editor for Firehouse Magazine and remains active as a deputy chief with the Exeter (RI) Fire Department.
Bill Maccarone, Attorney
North Kingstown Fire Department, North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Bill Maccarone is an attorney and a career Battalion Chief with the North Kingstown, RI Fire Department. He has over twenty years experience as both a paid professional firefighter and as a volunteer, and served as Vice President of the North Kingstown Firefighters Association, I.A.F.F. Local 1651. Bill has a Bachelor's Degree with a double major in Political Science and Public Administration, with a minor in Labor Studies from Rhode Island College. He also has Master's of Science degree in Labor Relations and Human Resources from the University of Rhode Island and a Juris Doctorate Degree from Roger Williams School of Law. He is licensed to practice law in both RI and MA.
Brian Massatt, Attorney
Orland Fire Protection District, Retired, Orland Park, IL
Brian Massatt is a trial attorney in Illinois and a retired firefighter. Besides his law degree, he holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration. Brian is a sitting board member of the National Employment Lawyers Association-Illinois and a regular contributing editor to the ABA treatise on the Fair Labor Standards Act. Brian typically litigates FLSA individual and class actions as a member of the trial bar for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
For additional information please contact:
Curt Varone: curtvarone@gmail.com
Seminar Agenda
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for Fire Departments
All Times Indicated are Eastern
Day 1
11:00am - 3:00pm
- Overview of FLSA
- Basic concepts
- Coverage
- Intro to maximum hours, regular rate and overtime rate
- Intro to hours worked
- Intro to 207 K partial exemption for police or firefighting work
3:00pm - 5:00pm
- Regular rate and overtime rate
- Workweek versus work period
Day 2
11:00am – 1:00pm
- Executive, administrative, and professional employees
- Highly compensated employees
1:00pm — 5:00pm
- More advanced 207 K partial exemption for firefighters
- Flexible schedules and schedule adjustments
- Comp time
- Common schedules
- Substitutions
- Early relief
Day 3
11:00 am - 3:00pm
- Volunteer Issues
- Can a career employee “volunteer”
- Same employer cases
- Same type of work
- When does a compensated “volunteer” become an employee?
- Sleep time
- Meal time
- Break time
- Training time
- Study time
- Travel issues
3:00pm-5:00pm
- Fluctuating workweek
- EMS Employees
- Discipline, fines and assessment
Day 4
11:00am - 1:00pm
- On-Call Time
- Fire investigators – law enforcement not firefighters
- Small Fire Department Exemption
- Premium offsets
- Recordkeeping requirements
1:00pm - 5:00pm
- Pre and post shift activities
- Suffered or permitted…. emails, text messages and work from home - off the clock claims
- Common FLSA violations
- Defenses
- State law issues
- Case updates
To register offline, or for details on group discounts email curtvarone@gmail.com.
Cancellation and Refund Policy
We all know that sometimes plans must change. If you find you can no longer attend a program, please contact me at curtvarone@gmail.com. Among the options are:
- transferring your registration to a colleague
- providing a full or partial refund
- credit for the next FLSA webinar
If you are seeking a refund, provided you notify me at least 30 days prior to a scheduled event, a full refund will be provided. If notice is provided less than 30 days prior to the event, a refund of 50% will be provided unless notice is provided less than 10 days prior to an event in which case a refund will not be provided. An exception will be made in the event that a class is sold out and your seat can be re-filled, in which case a full refund will be provided.
Remember - if you cannot attend you can always transfer your registration to a colleague. In addition, you can transfer your registration to the next FLSA webinar. Unfortunately for this program credit cannot be offerred for a future class other than the next FLSA webinar. Credit will not be provided for no-shows without prior notification. Refunds are not available to those reattending the program for $99.