Oakland to compensate cops for dressing time
Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer
Friday, December 11, 2009
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 1B2FJJ.DTL
The city of Oakland is expected to pay $1.75 million in legal fees and will offer vacation time and money to police officers who claimed in a lawsuit that they had been underpaid for working extra hours and for the time they spent putting on their uniforms, attorneys said Thursday.
Under a tentative agreement reached this week, the city will cover the plaintiffs' legal fees and costs. More than 500 current officers will receive an average of 130 vacation hours each, and about 60 retired officers each will be paid $3,500, said Rocky Lucia, an attorney for the officers.
The agreement draws to a close a three-year legal fight that began with a 2006 federal lawsuit filed by Officer Bob Valladon, former president of the Oakland Police Officers Association, over the issue of "donning and doffing," in which officers said they weren't being paid for the time they spent putting on and taking off their uniforms.
...wonder how many years it will take for the garbage collectors to get paid for dressing?
Love ya', Appa...
