Court of Appeals of New York

In a union's suit on behalf of employees of the Erie County Board of Elections (Board), alleging that the collective bargaining agreement was violated when the Board modified the work hours of employees assigned to school district elections in May 2009 in a way that deprived these employees of overtime compensation, judgment of the Appellate Division is affirmed, where the Board's scheduling of its employees' work shifts on election day so as to provide adequate coverage from the time the polls opened until about an hour after the polls closed, without incurring overtime payment obligations falls within its authority under section 3-300 to "prescribe its employees' duties and establish their salaries within the amounts appropriated therefor by the local legislative body."

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/25/2012
• Published 10/25/2012

Judges

Court

• Court of Appeals of New York

Counsel