Connolly v. City of Des Moines

-The plaintiff claims that she worked in the city hospital in the city of Des Moines under an oral agreement of employment, beginning work at 5:30 in the morning, cleaning offices until 7:30, then working two hours at noon, and beginning again at 5:30 in the evening, and working until 8:30. In addition to this, .she worked for two weeks from 8:30 to 11:30 P. M., making a total of 1,703 hours of extra work. By the custom for extra work in Des Moines, plaintiff claims that she is entitled to time and a half for overtime, or 47% cents per hour. She claims that 8 hours was a regular day’s work.

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