Does a city employee have a right to sue the city for unpaid balance of his salary?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Espejo v. Copley Press, Inc., 13 Cal.App.5th 329, 221 Cal.Rptr.3d 1 (Cal. App. 2017):

Phillis v. City of Santa Barbara (1968) 264 Cal.App.2d 781, 787, 70 Cal.Rptr. 573 [if charter amendment was unconstitutional insofar as it authorized any deduction from city employee's salary, employee had a cause of action for unpaid balance of his salary each time he received a pay check from which a deduction had been made].)

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