Petts v. Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

GARDEN, JUDGE:

These claimants are seeking awards for overtime compensation during a period of time that they were employed as houseparents at the respondent’s facility at Institute, West Virginia. Actually, a total of eleven claims were filed, but counsel agreed to present testimony in only two, believing that the testimony of these two claimants would be representative of all pending claims. Ten of the claims, including these two, were filed on February 21, 1975, and the eleventh, the claim of Paul Leach, was filed on April 23, 1975.

Initially, what must be determined is the applicable period…