Post by Logan on Jan 18, 2016 18:46:31 GMT -6
The city must pay former Jefferson County Constable David Whitlock about $33,000 in wages for more than five years of unpaid work, a Jefferson Circuit Court judge has ruled, and may owe other peace officers similar back salaries.
In a ruling issued last Thursday, Judge Susan Shultz Gibson said Louisville failed to compensate Whitlock from February 2007 to September 2012 while he was employed as a constable. It appears the city should have paid him $800 a month but only gave him $300 a month, Gibson said.
The city had argued Whitlock had failed to file his work records with the county clerk's office in order to earn a full salary, but the judge's ruling said he had filed performing parking patrols, going to meetings and other details to the city CFO during that period.
Attorney Guy Hibbs, who is representing Whitlock, said the ruling could mean the city owes current and former constables thousands of dollars in back pay.
Continued at www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/metro-government/2016/01/18/city-owes-controversial-ex-constable-back-pay/78972382/ .
In a ruling issued last Thursday, Judge Susan Shultz Gibson said Louisville failed to compensate Whitlock from February 2007 to September 2012 while he was employed as a constable. It appears the city should have paid him $800 a month but only gave him $300 a month, Gibson said.
The city had argued Whitlock had failed to file his work records with the county clerk's office in order to earn a full salary, but the judge's ruling said he had filed performing parking patrols, going to meetings and other details to the city CFO during that period.
Attorney Guy Hibbs, who is representing Whitlock, said the ruling could mean the city owes current and former constables thousands of dollars in back pay.
Continued at www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/metro-government/2016/01/18/city-owes-controversial-ex-constable-back-pay/78972382/ .