CHAMPAGNE v. THURSTON COUNTY

No. 79209-7.

178 P.3d 936 (2008)

Gene CHAMPAGNE, Cary Brown, Roland Knorr, and Christopher Scanlon, individuals and as representatives of a class of Thurston County overtime eligible employees, Petitioners, v. THURSTON COUNTY, a political subdivision of the state of Washington, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided February 14, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Aitchison, Attorney at Law, Mark A. Crabtree, Portland, OR, Hillary H. McClure, Aitchison & Vick Inc., Seattle, WA, for Petitioners.

Jeffrey George Fancher, Attorney at Law, Olympia, WA, Michael Barr King, Talmadge Law Group PLLC, Tukwila, WA, Douglas Edward Smith, Littler Mendelson, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

Nicholas Broten Straley, Daniel Ford, Columbia Legal Services, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Centro De Ayuda (casa).

Valerie Anne Carlson, King County Bar Association, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of King County Bar.

Rebecca A. Smith, National Employment Law Project, Olympia, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of National Employment Law Project.

Joseph Robert Shaeffer, MacDonald Hoague & Bayless, Jeffrey Lowell Needle, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Employment Lawyers Assoc.


FAIRHURST, J.

¶ 1 Thurston County (County) pays its employees for nonregular wages (e.g., overtime wages) at the close of the month subsequent to when the nonregular wages were earned. Petitioners Gene Champagne, Cary Brown, Roland Knorr, and Christopher Scanlon (hereinafter collectively referred to as Champagne) work as corrections officers for the Thurston County Sheriff's Office. Champagne challenges a published Court...

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