Fifteen West Des Moines fire-rescue captains and lieutenants have sued the city, claiming it misclassified them as salaried managers, withheld overtime against the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) guarantees and, when confronted, cut their hourly pay to blunt the cost. The petition, filed June 10 in Polk County District Court, centers on a specific section of the FLSA that governs overtime for emergency personnel. For firefighters working a 14-day schedule, the law requires time-and-a-half pay after 106 hours. The plaintiffs allege they routinely passed that mark without compensation, even after the city formally acknowledged the error, and accuse city leaders of violating federal labor law not once, but twice. Tap the link in our bio for more on this story. #WestDesMoines #Iowa #firefighter #union