February 17, 2023
A Washington fire station and the EMTs and firefighters it allegedly misclassified as subminimum wage-earning volunteers have reached a deal to end their unpaid wage dispute.
November 22, 2022
A fire department misclassified two former EMTs and firefighters as volunteers instead of employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a Washington federal judge ruled, saying their pay, schedule and work don't fall under the volunteer exemption in federal law.