City Hall wouldn't pay $14 million for cop overtime. Now, it might have to pay at least $195 million.

City Hall wouldn't pay $14 million for cop overtime. Now, it might have to pay at least $195 million.

Already facing massive yearly budget deficits, the city of Chicago could face a bill in the hundreds of millions of dollars for police overtime in a long-running case on behalf of 8,500 current and former Chicago Police Department employees.It’s been nearly 10 years since the case was filed and almost five years since a federal judge ruled in favor of the officers, who argued that the city “willfully violated” labor laws by miscalculating overti…

City Hall wouldn’t pay $14 million for cop overtime. Now, it might have to pay at least $195 million. – Chicago Sun-Times

It’s been nearly 10 years since the case was filed and almost five years since a federal judge ruled in favor of the officers, who argued that the city “willfully violated” labor laws by miscalculating overtime pay they were due over a span of years. But the two sides are still fighting over how much the city will have to pay.

Chicago City Hall wouldn’t pay $14 million for cop overtime. Now, it might have to pay at least $195 million. – Usa news

Already facing massive yearly budget deficits, the city of Chicago could face a bill in the hundreds of millions of dollars for police overtime in a long-running case on behalf of 8,500 current and former Chicago Police Department employees. It’s been nearly 10 years since the case was filed and almost five years since a federal judge ruled in favor of the officers, who argued that the city “willfully violated” labor laws by miscalculating overt…