Civil Service Employees Ass'n v. Village of Freeport

The plaintiff is an employee organization which represents certain municipal employees pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement with the Village of Freeport. In 1986, the Village, by its own initiative, commissioned a so-called "comparable worth” study to determine proper grades and titles for its employees. The Village subsequently adopted the findings of the study and voted to implement the upgraded schedule of salaries over a five-year period that began in 1988. The plan specifically excluded current employees whose job grade was lowered as the result of the new grading system.

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