Court Opinion

ID: 9734783
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 17:46:00.161209+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:26:51.239097
License: Public Domain

WINTERSHEIMER, Justice,
dissenting.
I must respectfully dissent from the majority opinion because the Court of Appeals was correct when it required the City to prove that the district chiefs are salaried employees and consequently exempt from the overtime provisions of KRS 337.285. The practice of the City of reducing the compensation of the district chiefs based on the quantity of work is prohibited because it is clearly inconsistent with salaried status. KRS 337.010(2)(a)(2). The district chiefs are hourly employees and entitled to overtime pursuant to the statute.
The overwhelming evidence clearly demonstrates that the City pays the district chiefs based on the number of hours they work, rather than the so-called value of their work. Everything they do must be accounted for on an hourly basis. The evidence indicates that the City pays the district chiefs in the same fashion that it compensates line firefighters and a review of this case further illustrates that the City has failed to present evidence to the contrary. The opinion of the Court of Appeals should be affirmed.
McANULTY and SCOTT, JJ., join.