HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION - 81-85 - 10/8/1985 - FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT RESOLUTION NO. 81-85
A RESOLUTION OPPOSING LOCAL GOVERNMENT COVERAGE UNDER
THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT
WHEREAS, the Village of Elk Grove Village has always maintained the
position that amicable employee relations is indispensible to the delivery
of public services; and
WHEREAS , the Village of Elk Grove Village views the decision by the
United States Supreme Court in the case of Garcia V San Antonio as inserting
the Federal Government into the arena of local employee relations; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Elk Grove Village also views with alarm the
apparent disregard of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United
States by the Supreme Court in the Garcia Decision; and
WHEREAS, the only recourse that local governments have with regard to
this costly and administratively burdensome decision is to seek redress by
the Congress of the United States.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the President and Board of Trustees of
the Village of Elk Grove Village, Cook and DuPage Counties, Illinois:
Section 1 . That the Village of Elk Grove Village call upon Senators
Alan Dixon and Paul Simon and Representative Henry Hyde to support amendatory
legislation to the Fair Labor Standards Act that:
a. Exempts individuals who provide service to state and
local governments on a volunteer basis from the wage
and hour provisions.
b. Exempts all state and local employees from the overtime
provisions which effectively preclude the option of
compensatory time off.
c. Eliminate retroactivity under the law for the period
prior to the Department of Labor enforcement date of
October 15, 1985.
Section 2. The Village Clerk is hereby authorized to forward copies of
this Resolution to Senators Dixon and Simon and Representative Henry Hyde,
the Northwest Municipal Conference, the Illinois Municipal League, the National
League of Cities and the National Association of Towns and Townships.
Section 3. That this Resolution shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage and approval according to law.
PASSED this 8th day of October , 1985.
APPROVED this 8th day of October , 1985.
Charles J. Zettek
Village President
ATTEST:
Patricia S. Smith
Village Clerk