District Court, E.D. Wisconsin September 26, 2000, 2:96-cv-00402 (DeBraska v. City of Milwaukee)

DECISION AND ORDER

MYRON L. GORDON, District Judge.

The Fair Labor Standards Act [“FLSA”], 29 U.S.C. § 201

et seq.,

permits States and their political subdivisions, unlike private employers, to pay their employees for overtime by granting them compensatory time or “comp time” (time off work with full pay) instead of cash. § 207(o).