State ex rel. Croft v. Janis

The issue raised in this appeal is whether relators .are entitled to a writ of mandamus compelling respondents to compensate them for the half-hour meal periods, during which periods relators assert that they were on duty because they were subject to call and occasionally some of them did, in fact, work.

R. C. 143.11, as applicable herein, provided for compensation for hours of work performed beyond the normal 40-hour work week. However, R. C. 143.11 provided further that such compensation be paid only where employees were required to work overtime by “a responsible administrative authority or…