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Time is Money: The FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act)
and Law Enforcement Employment:
An Authoritative Explanation of the Fair Labor Standards Act
for Law Enforcement Personnel … in Plain English

A critical and timely publication on the Fair Labor Standards Act and how it affects law enforcement personnel will be available for purchase in the Fall of 2009. This resource will prove invaluable as your agency navigates the complex world of FLSA law.

Chief Michael Berkow, Savannah-Chatham Metro Police Department, Savannah, Georgia, writes:“This is one of those rare books that every police leader ought to have reviewed and needs on the shelf close at hand when changing work schedules or making new policies that impact hours and wages. After 14 years as a police chief in four different cities... I can only note that I wish this book had existed when I first started as a chief.”
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Topics in this book include:

 

The policies and purposes of the FLSA
What the FLSA rules actually say
Navigating FLSA technicalities
Who’s exempt and who’s nonexempt?
When is FLSA overtime pay required?
Computing overtime pay
How FLSA litigation works
Answers to frequently asked questions
“7k” work periods, K-9 units, and comp time
Detectives and training

This work is a detailed explanation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, specifically as it applies to law enforcement employment and personnel, written “in plain English” (or, as the author says, “as close to English as the subject permits”).  It covers virtually every FLSA question likely to arise within police and corrections jobs nationwide, carefully organized and indexed to permit efficient use and includes extensive (but unobtrusive) legal references.  The work consists of 350+ pages, in looseleaf binding to permit periodic updating as legal developments warrant.

Written by Jeffrey Chamberlain, Attorney at Law

Founder of Chamberlain, Kaufman & Jones law firm in Albany, New York, Mr. Chamberlain is former Counsel and Chief Legal Officer for the New York State Police.  A nationally recognized expert on the FLSA, he is a graduate of the FBI National Law Institute.  Widely published in the area of police law, he earned his law degree at the State University of New York and his undergraduate degree at Colgate University. Read Jeff Chamberlain's Biography.

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This book will be updated periodically and as legal developments warrant.

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