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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The legal battle continues over a new law that changes how sick leave is handled for retirees as the Utah Public Employee Association filed a brief with the state Supreme Court.
The U-P-E-A argues the new law is unconstitutional.
An attorney representing the U-P-E-A says the new law breaches the contract the state had with its employees and devalues employees' sick leave. He says that devaluation is an unconstitutional taking of employee property.
Last month, the high court upheld an order that stops the new law from taking effect until the merits of the case have been argued and decided on by the justices.
The law was suppose to take effect on January first.
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