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Should firefighters who fought this year's forest fires in California be forced to return their overtime pay?

Firefighters Must Return Overtime Pay Sun Dec 22,10:38 AM ET LOS ANGELES - About two dozen veteran firefighters who spent months battling a series of destructive wildfires across the West have been ordered to return thousands of dollars in overtime pay. The firefighters, who work for the National Park Service, Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, were told in recent weeks they had worked too much overtime and exceeded salary limits. Federal law restricts pay for firefighters to $121,600 a year. Jim Loach has been asked to return more than $12,000. 'Watching my time sheet wasn't my concern,' said Loach, who earns $117,000 annually. 'I was getting out there and providing a service to the country, to get a handle on all those fires. That's what we do.'...

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