Hickey v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Holmes, J.:

This is a class action in which plaintiffs sought additional compensation for hours during which they were assigned to handle telephone inquiries from their homes on behalf of the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC). Following judgment in the trial court, the plaintiff class filed this appeal and the KCC filed a cross-appeal. We reverse.

The controlling facts are not disputed by the parties. The plaintiff class includes forty petroleum industry regulatory technicians (PIRTs) employed by the KCC, and eight environmental technicians (ETs)…