Legal Opinion
State v. Rhode Island Alliance of Social Services Employees, Local 580
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided March 17, 2000No. 98-244-AppealPublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FLANDERS, Justice.
General Laws 1956 § 36-4-63 precludes paid-sick-leave time from being counted as hours worked for purposes of computing a state employee’s entitlement to overtime compensation. It further provides that any collective bargaining agreement (CBA) or arbitration award to the contrary “shall be null and void.”1 In the case at bar, a CBA between the Rhode Island Alliance of Social Services Employees, Local 580 (union) and the State of Rhode Island conformed to state law in this respect by providing that “hours which are paid for but not actually worked shall not be counted…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers v. State Department of CorrectionsSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1998
- RI Council 94, Afscme, Afl-Cio v. StateSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1998
- State, Department of Mental Health, Retardation, & Hospitals v. Rhode Island Council 94Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1997
- Pawtucket School Committee v. Pawtucket Teachers' Alliance, Local No. 930Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1995
- Town of West Warwick v. LOCAL 2045, COUNCIL 94Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1998
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3Cited by32 opinions
- City of Cranston v. Rhode Island Laborers' District CouncilSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2008
- Kells v. Town of LincolnSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2005
- Woonsocket Teachers' Guild, Local 951 v. Woonsocket School CommitteeSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2001
- Romano v. Retirement Board of the Employees' Retirement SystemSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2001
- School Committee of North Kingstown v. CrouchSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2002
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