Montgomery County Deputy Sheriff's Ass'n v. County of Montgomery

Plaintiffs Cathy Anderson and Grace De Waal Malefyt (hereinafter collectively referred to as plaintiffs) each worked for a period of time in the title of “part-time” correction officer in Montgomery County. Under the Montgomery County Civil Service Rules and Regulations, part-time employment is defined as “any employment... in which an individual works 50% or less of the time prescribed as a normal workweek.” Although not set forth in the rules and regulations themselves, there is no dispute that a normal work week for full-time correction officers is 40 hours.

There is also little dispute…