Fritz Smith Interviewed on Atlanta’s CBS 46
“CBS 46 Investigates: Atlanta Payroll”

Fritz Smith was interviewed by Atlanta’s CBS 46 for a news segment that aired February 21, 2008 during the 11:00 p.m. newscast. The segment investigated the City of Atlanta’s expenditures for city workers’ paid overtime.

The segment notes, “At Seyfarth Shaw in Atlanta, attorney Fritz Smith, counsels employers on overtime issues. He said the Fair Labor Standards Act, the federal law requiring the payment of overtime, was intended in part to boost the economy with jobs, not to encourage excessive overtime. ‘It was put in place in order to deter employers from overworking employees,’ Smith said. ‘And one of the purposes of the statute was to also encourage employers to hire more employees.’”