Manning v. Joseph

Petitioners, ninety-three in all, are stationary engineers (electric) employed in various departments -and agencies of the city of New York. They seek additional compensation, pursuant to the prevailing rate of wages under section 220 of the Labor Law, for work performed on late shifts and on Sundays between January 14,1944, and May 22,1947. We agree with the courts below that the reversal (Matter of Smith v. Joseph, 275 App. Div. 201, affd. 300 N. Y. 516) of the comptroller’s original 1947 determination, excluding these shift differentials, inures to the benefit of all the stationary…