Neb. appeals overtime ruling (fired for refusing to block it for others)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20100212/NEWS01/702139930

Published Friday February 12, 2010

By JOSH FUNK
Associated Press Writer

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- A trial over whether the Nebraska treasurer's office improperly retaliated against an employee who refused to create a computer program to prohibit employees from filing for overtime will be delayed at least six months.

The delay is required because state officials are appealing an order that cleared the way for trial in Robert Harrison's lawsuit against his former bosses, including Treasurer Shane Osborn.

"Mr. Harrison deserves a trial," his lawyer Kathleen Neary said Friday. "The citizens of Nebraska deserve to know what was going on in the treasure's office."

The Lincoln man says his bosses asked him to resign after he refused to make the program blocking overtime. He refused that and refused a transfer to a temporary filing job.
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The Nebraska Attorney General's office declined to comment on case because it is ongoing. Lawyers from that office are representing the Treasurer's office.

Osborn has said he believes the treasurer's office will be cleared once all the facts are revealed, but he wouldn't comment on specifics of the case.

FULL story at link.