September 23, 2024
An Arkansas federal judge signed off on a settlement that puts an end to an emergency dispatcher's proposed class action alleging the city of Jonesboro, Arkansas, shorted her and others on overtime wages, finding she had adequately resolved an error in her prior proposed settlement.
October 25, 2023
A group of dispatchers once again asked an Arkansas federal judge to greenlight the settlement it reached in an overtime suit with the city of Jonesboro, Arkansas, after the court turned down the workers' first attempt for not differentiating classes and collectives.
August 29, 2023
An Arkansas federal judge refused to sign off on a class action settlement between the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, and a class of dispatchers because the deal failed to account for differences between classes and Fair Labor Standards Act collectives.