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McAfee & Taft

Seventh Circuit case demonstrates value of good time reporting procedures

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Police officers in the Chicago Police Department claimed in a recent case that they were not compensated for work they performed on their mobile electronic devices — specifically, their BlackBerrys — while off-duty. A total...more

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Seventh Circuit Affirms Judgment Against Class in Off-Duty BlackBerry Use Case

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There certainly has been no shortage of publicity about the potential for wage and hour claims for time spent by hourly employees using smartphones or other electronic devices for work while off duty. Many employers have...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Chicago Police Off-The-Clock Blackberry Case

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I have blogged on this long, protracted saga many times and I am glad to see that with each posting, the judicial result does not change. The Seventh Circuit has now affirmed a lower court’s ruling that determined that...more

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City Of Chicago Not Liable For Police Officers’ After-Hours Smartphone Use, Seventh Circuit Affirms

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The City of Chicago lacked either actual or constructive knowledge that members of the Chicago Police Department were performing after-hours work on their smartphones, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled, affirming...more

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Federal Court in Illinois Finds No Overtime Due to Police For Off-Duty Use of BlackBerrys

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled in the City of Chicago’s favor on December 10, 2015, denying police officers’ claims that they were owed overtime pay for their off-duty use of work-issued...more

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