Allen v. County of Jackson County

This case involves the proper measure of damages for certain statutory wage claims. The underlying litigation resulted from a change in state law regarding who must pay employee pension contributions amounting to 6 percent of salary — a change later held unconstitutional. Before that change was declared unconstitutional, defendant Jackson County responded to it with a payroll scheme that deducted 6 percent from certain employees’ pay, but also simultaneously paid the same employees a 5.7 percent pay increase. Because the law requiring the 6 percent deduction was held unconstitutional, the…