Finley v. Department of Transportation & Development

jjjLeBLANC, Judge.

Jerry L. Finley appeals the decision of the State Civil Service Commission, crediting him with a balance of 129 hours and 25 minutes of compensatory leave.

FACTS

Finley was employed by the Department of Transportation and Development, Legal Section, in November 1980, as an attorney. It was explained to him that because of the nature of the practice of law and the volume of work, attorneys with the Legal Section of the Department were allowed, in variance with standard Civil Service Rules, to utilize the “latitude” system for handling overtime. This unwritten, informal system…