C.A. 1st;
A142832

The First Appellate District affirmed in part and reversed in part a judgment. The court held that, for state correctional officers who were represented by a union, the union's memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with the State determined which, if any, of the officers' “off-the-clock” activities were compensable; for the unrepresented officers, state law governed.

urt Stoetzl and others were current and former state correctional officers. Some of them were represented by the California Correctional Peace Officers' Association (CCPOA). Other, supervisory, employees were unrepresented. The employees alleged they were not paid for all the time they spent at the correctional institutions. Specifically, they were expected to sign in and sign out on time sheets that reflected only their officially assigned work day. However, the sign-in and sign-out locations were often significantly removed from their actual work posts, and they were not compensated for the time it took to travel to and from their posts or for time spent on such required activities before and after shift.