KV

Kittitas Valley Healthcare

Hourly employment at a hospital

A proposed class action filed in Kittitas County Superior Court alleges that Kittitas Valley Healthcare failed to provide required meal and rest breaks and used timekeeping practices that reduced compensable hours, overtime, wages, and sick-leave accruals for hourly, non-exempt employees. Kittitas Valley Healthcare denies the allegations, opposes class treatment, and asserts that its timekeeping practices comply with Washington policy; the court has not yet decided whether the case may proceed as a class action or whether wage laws were violated.