Clark v. City of Kent

¶1 May a city that pays its employees twice per month, in order to facilitate bookkeeping, maintain a payroll system in which wages earned up to 14 days before each payday are withheld from a current pay period and paid on the following regular payday? We hold that WAC 296-128--035 does not preclude such a system. Accordingly, we reverse the summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs, who are employees of the city of Kent (City), and remand for further proceedings.

Cox, J.

¶2 The City pays its police department employees (employees) on established paydays on the 5th and 20th of each month. All…