Subject: 19266/Letter Ruling from DOL
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1991 11:46:00 -0500


                              RESOLUTION NO. 19266
                  
                   A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE
                   OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY TO REQUEST A
                   LETTER RULING FROM THE UNITED STATES
                   DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REQUESTING CLARIFICA-
                   TION OF REGULATIONS GOVERNING OVERTIME WAGES
                   TO BE PAID TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE
                   EMPLOYEES AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO
                   EXECUTE A WAIVER OF THE STATUTE OF
                   LIMITATIONS FOR CERTAIN CLAIMS UNDER THE
                   FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938, AS
                   AMENDED, PENDING THE ISSUANCE OF THE LETTER
                   RULING BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
                   LABOR.
                  
                                                    
                  
                  
       	    	 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
       CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, That the Office of the City Attorney be
       and is hereby authorized and directed to request a letter ruling
       from the United States Department of Labor requesting
       clarification of regulations governing overtime wages to be paid
       to emergency medical service employees of the Department of
       Safety.
       	    	 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor be and is hereby
       authorized to execute a waiver of the statute of limitations 
under
       the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, for emergency
       medical service employees in the Department of Safety pending the 

       issuance of the letter ruling by the United States Department of
       Labor concerning overtime wages to be paid to said employees, 
said
       waiver to be in a form to be approved by the Office of the City
       Attorney.
       ADOPTED:	 December 10, 1991
      
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