Supreme Court of Rhode Island March 17, 2000, No. 98-244-Appeal (State v. Rhode Island Alliance of Social Services Employees, Local 580)

OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

General Laws 1956 § 36-4-63 precludes paid-sick-leave time from being counted as hours worked for purposes of computing a state employee’s entitlement to overtime compensation. It further provides that any collective bargaining agreement (CBA) or arbitration award to the contrary “shall be null and void.