Comments on: City settles overtime lawsuit with jail officers

By: Tatiana

Tatiana — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:08:08 +0000

Searched overtime lawyer in msn but for some reason found this page.great info

By: Federal Employees Retire Service

Federal Employees Retire Service — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:29:59 +0000

Federal Employees Retire Service…

It is a quite interesting post but quite difficult to understand for me -…

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:36:06 +0000

Nothing new here. This was adjudicated and payments made way back in 1978 over the same issues with the jail staff.

By: Mark W Lowry

Mark W Lowry — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:25:28 +0000

The amazing thing about this case is the inane defense offered by the LFUCG. “The city had argued that it had not knowingly violated any federal or state labor laws.”

If that is the level of incompetence of this administration, law department and division directors, they all must be fired. The citizens can not be responsible for continued negligence in hiring, training and supervision of employees.

We are now paying hundreds of millions more because of EPA violations and a multitude of other law violations involving sanctuary city status that can cost us more hundreds of millions and jail time for those involved. We the citizens must demand recovery for willful and knowingly violation of the laws from those who do it. Every division has a bulletin board posted that shows the labor laws. This is a knowing and intentional violation of the law that goes to the top Jim Newberry must be held accountable for lax or purposeful violation of the law.

By: ExLFUCG

ExLFUCG — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:33:32 +0000

This type of theft has been going on in LFUCG departments for years, to think that corrections is alone is naive. Look into their policies about compensatory time for salaried employees and the Lunch on the Run program. I for one am glad to see that some employees are standing up for their rights and hope that this is the first step in cleaning up our corrupt government.

By: JB Moores

JB Moores — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:04:06 +0000

This is a joke. I thought Newberry was the answer for Lexington. He is proving me wrong every day. Get the administration changed in all state held jobs and elected positions and these things might not happen to the citizens of Lexington.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:20:36 +0000

That’s interesting considering Mayor Newberry is paying tax dollars to fight the Firefighters’ FLSA lawsuit claiming immunity at the same time he’s settling with the Corrections Officers.

The voters need to realize that he’s all about smoke and mirrors to try and make himself look good.

By: David Adams

David Adams — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:24:15 +0000

This is a big hit for the taxpayers of Lexington to take because of mismanagement at the jail. Better get used to it, though. Keeping the current administration in place is going to get very expensive.