Richmond State Hospital v. Brattain

In short summary, for over twenty-five years, the State of Indiana required certain employees to work 40-hour weeks while requiring certain other employees to work only 37.5-hour weeks. Though the employees received the same biweekly paycheck, the effect of the State’s policy was a disparity in actual hourly wage. The State ended the policy in 1993, but this class action was brought on behalf of those 40-hour employees.

Facts and Procedural History

The Court of Appeals did an exceptional job of detailing the extensive history of this litigation, as well as the history of the State’s work-hour…