Elliott v. Genesee County

Defendant-appellant, State of Michigan, appeals as of right from a declaratory judgment in favor of plaintiff, Philip C. Elliott. The case was decided on stipulated facts.

Genesee County had paid longevity pay as a fringe benefit to its union and nonunion employees for several years before 1976 and continues to do so. Longevity is paid at the rate of two percent after seven years, four percent after ten years, six percent after thirteen years, eight percent after sixteen years and ten percent after nineteen years of continuous full-time service. In 1976, Genesee County, by resolution 76-536,…