Ebright v. City of Whitehall

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in a class action by the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County for plaintiffs, who are present and past police officers employed by defendant, city of Whitehall. Plaintiffs claimed that defendant violated R.C. 4111.03 and the codified ordinances of the city of Whitehall by failing and refusing to pay plaintiffs at a wage rate of one and one-half times their wage rate for the time worked for roll call, which was in excess of forty hours in one week and eight hours in one day.

The dispute involves a fifteen-minute period prior to the beginning of a…