Members of the Parkersburg Fire Department have filed a lawsuit claiming the city hasn’t paid them properly for time worked on holidays.
Wayne White, a lieutenant with the fire department and president of the local firefighters’ union, filed the lawsuit Jan. 21 in Wood Circuit Court. In addition to White, 55 others firefighters are listed in the complaint – with ranks from captain to firefighter – as saying they might seek similar relief.
“The West Virginia Legislature has set a holiday pay enhancement for firefighters statewide. Police, too,” Wheeling attorney Teresa Toriseva, who is representing the firefighters, told The West Virginia Record. “But there is a big problem in the way the holiday pay is being calculated for firefighters in numerous cities across West Virginia.