State-employed RNs Sue Reynolds for Unpaid OT

...The lawsuit...seeks a court order to force the state to pay the overtime going forward, recover unpaid past compensation, and to cover liquidated damages, attorney fees and court costs.

The nurses said...the state is violating the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and the Iowa Wage Payment Collection Law.

...seeking class-action status on behalf of as many as 700 registered nurses who work for state agencies including prisons and mental health facilities...

...the state stopped paying overtime to the registered nurses in July 2017 after the Republican-run Legislature and former Gov. Terry Branstad earlier that year passed and signed into law a measure that stripped bargaining rights away from many state workers for everything but base pay.

...The nurses said they were told when the law took effect the state no longer was required to pay overtime to registered nurses because as educated professionals they could be exempted from federal overtime requirements.

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