CHICAGO – A retired Chicago police officer alleges he is still owed duty availability pay and has filed a class action lawsuit.
John Healy filed a complaint on Aug. 31 in Cook County Circuit Court against the city of Chicago alleging violation of the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff was employed as a police officer from 1991-2017, when he retired. The suit states all Chicago police officers are paid a pensionable, quarterly duty availability pay and when they retire, are paid a portion of this based on the number of months they were on the payroll of the last quarter before their retirement.
The plaintiff alleges he recently learned that when he retired, he was not paid any duty availability pay by the defendant in his wages and final compensation for the final calendar month of his service as a Chicago police officer.
The plaintiff seeks declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, award putative class monetary damages, prejudgment interest, and other relief. He is represented by Paul D. Geiger and Ronald C. Dahms of Law Offices of Paul D. Geiger in Northfield.
Cook County Circuit Court case number 18-CH-11146