7th Circuit Finds Chicago Officers’ Overtime Suit Fails For Never Requesting Pay

Mealey's (August 7, 2017, 12:33 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Chicago police officers who filed a collective action claiming that they were denied pay for time spent checking their electronic devices failed to show that they requested such payment and were denied it, the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Aug. 3, upholding a trial court’s ruling for the city (Jeffrey Allen, et al. v. City of Chicago, No. 16-1029, 7th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 14230)....