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| State Lawsuit Seeks Overtime Back Pay for Cook County Canine Officers |
| By myfoxchicago.com |
| Published: 03/13/2012 |
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Chicago - The Illinois Department of Labor claims Cook County owes its canine officers $528,061.18 in back-pay for the mandatory time officers spent caring for their assigned dog when not on the job. The state department says the county violated the Illinois Minimum Wage Law between January 2007 and July 2011 when it did not pay 40-hour-per-week canine officers time-and-a-half for the hours spent caring for their assigned dogs on their days off, according to a suit filed in Cook County Circuit Court. A Department of Labor investigation found canine officers working in the county’s Bomb Unit, Department of Corrections and Court Services were paid for a work 40-hour week but were only assigned 35 or 36 hours of work. The additional hour of pay each day was for time spent caring for their assigned dog. Read More. |
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