Eastwold v. City of New Orleans

REDMANN, Judge.

City civil service employees appeal from the dismissal, on exception of no cause of action, of their suit to enjoin a new overtime policy that amounts to a cut in overtime pay in some circumstances. We agree that overtime pay may sometimes be cut but we affirm the judgment appealed from.

The cut in pay could occur because leave time (except for “civil” leave and up to 21 days of annual leave per calendar year) will no longer be counted as “hours worked toward computation of overtime at the end of the regular work week”. (City Civil Service Comm. Rule IV § 10.4). Previously, a…