{"id":15604,"date":"2020-05-31T23:38:05","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T23:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=15604"},"modified":"2020-05-31T23:38:06","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T23:38:06","slug":"us-court-certifies-class-of-air-marshals-for-unpaid-overtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/district-of-columbia\/us-court-certifies-class-of-air-marshals-for-unpaid-overtime\/%20","title":{"rendered":"US Court Certifies Class of Air Marshals for Unpaid Overtime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On May 28, 2020 the US Court of Federal Claims granted a\nmotion to certify a class of Federal Air Marshals to pursue the claims of\nunpaid overtime due to improper Law Enforcement Ability Pay adjustments,\npayroll system practices, unpaid hours for sleep time, and other required\nduties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawsuit, J. Casaretti et al. vs The United States, was\nfiled on March 23, 2015 and has been awaiting certification for over four\nyears. Founder and President of the Air Marshal Association, John Casaretti, brought\nthe suit forward to address the harsh working conditions endured by Federal Air\nMarshals each day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEmployees deserve basic compensation and fair work rules.\nFederal Air Marshals are forced to work nonstop shifts up to 21 hours and lack\nadequate rest periods. Our dedicated officers deserve better work rules and\nequal pay,\u201d said Air Marshal Association President John Casaretti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Air Marshal Association is the oldest and largest labor\norganization exclusively representing Federal Air Marshals.&nbsp; Visit www.AIRMARSHAL.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 28, 2020 the US Court of Federal Claims granted a motion to certify a class of Federal Air Marshals to pursue the claims of unpaid overtime due to improper Law Enforcement Ability Pay adjustments, payroll system practices, unpaid hours for sleep time, and other required duties. The lawsuit, J. Casaretti et al. vs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-district-of-columbia"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15605,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15604\/revisions\/15605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}