Two volunteer firefighters who claimed that the remuneration and benefits they received from their volunteer firefighter services are sufficient to make the “employees” for purposes of Title VII harassment and retaliation claims have seen their claims survive a motion to dismiss in federal court. The firefighters sued the Ellicott Fire Protection District in Colorado, along with the Ellicott Volunteer Fire Department, several individual board members and the chief of the department. The claims were dismissed against the individuals, who are generally not suable for Title VII claims, and the volunteer fire department, an unincorporated association that the Court said was not a separately...