State v. Bogenrife

OPINION

Before RABINOWITZ, C. J., and CONNOR, ERWIN, BOOCHEVER and FITZGERALD, JJ. RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

This appeal raises questions concerning a former state employee’s right to payment for work in excess of regular hours of duty and for days which ordinarily would have been days off or holidays.

From October 17, 1968 until September 19, 1969, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game employed appellee Harold Bo-genrife as a dual engine aircraft pilot. A few months after being discharged from this position, appellee brought a contract action against the State of Alaska to recover one and…