Topeka Capital Journal – August 20, 2013
Topeka city manager Jim Colson announced Tuesday he plans to end the city’s practice of paying overtime to members of management at the Topeka Fire Department.
Colson also said he had put a plan in place to address immediate pay practice concerns caused by salary compression in the fire department.
The city said in a news release that Colson on Tuesday “directed staff to designate fire department battalion chief and shift commander positions as ‘exempt’ positions under the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act, and discontinue the practice of extending overtime payments to any management positions, including the battalion chiefs and shift commanders, after Nov. 9.”
Colson also announced he would work with the city’s governing body to assemble a review team to immediately begin assessing the city’s compensation philosophy, including the issue of salary compression, and report back to the council on its findings at the soonest possible date with a target date not to exceed six months.
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