Strickland v. State ex rel. Office of the Governor

DIXON, Chief Justice.

This case began as a suit by thirteen state employees to enjoin various state officials from implementing a directive increasing the number of days in pay periods of classified employees in the civil service system. On February 4, 1988, interim Commissioner of Administration Brian E. Kendrick directed all state agencies with employees under the Uniform Payroll System to delay employee paydays and remittance of the state’s share of retirement contributions by one additional day for each pay period, beginning with the March 29, 1988 period and ending with the July 15, 1988…