School officials said the change was necessary to comply with federal law. Previously, the school system had been violating the Fair Labor Standards Act, officials said in a response to a union lawsuit filed in December in county Circuit Court.
In their response, school officials said they discovered the error when they were implementing a new payroll system last year.
Under the law, the secretaries are supposed to be paid for the number of hours they work each week....
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