France v. City Civil Service Commission

WARD, Judge.

Plaintiffs are District Fire Chiefs of the City of New Orleans who are on extended sick leave. They appeal from an adverse judgment upholding the validity of a new City Civil Service Commission pay plan and upholding the validity of a City of New Orleans pay plan for Executive, Administrative and Professional personnel (EAPS). The new City Civil Service plan denies plaintiffs overtime pay, while the EAPS plan by its operation denies them merit pay increases.

Plaintiffs contend that the new City Civil Service pay plan does not give plaintiffs, employees on sick leave, full pay as…