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First Name REBECCA
Last Name WHETZEL
Decision Date 1/29/1990
Docket Number 89-RS-376
ALJ RN
Respondent DIVISION OF REHABILITATION SERVICES
Employment Type STATE
Job Title
Topics CLASSIFICATION/BACK PAY
Primary Issues
Outcome GRANTED
Statutes
Related Cases
Keywords
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Circuit Court Respondent appealed to Kanawha County, Civil Action #90-AA-36; Agreed Dismissal Order 5/17/90, MacQueen
Supreme Court
Synopsis GRIEVANT, RECLASSIFIED AS SECRETARY II IN 1989, ALLEGED THAT SHE HAD WORKED AS SECRETARY II SINCE 1985 AND SOUGHT BACK WAGES FOR THE SAME. RESPONDENT DENIED THE ALLEGATION AND ASSERTED UNTIMELY FILING AND LACHES. DECISION: GRIEVANCE GRANTED. CLAIM IS TIMELY SINCE FILED WITHIN JURISDICTIONAL TIMEFRAMES CREATED BY AFSCME IV. RESPONDENT SUCCESSFULLY SHOWED THAT GRIEVANT WAS WITHOUT EXCUSE IN NOT EARLIER PURSUING HER CASE; HOWEVER, IT DID NOT DEMONSTRATE PREJUDICE, A REQUIRED ELEMENT OF LACHES. GRIEVANT HAS SHOWN THAT HER ACTUAL JOB DUTIES MORE CLOSELY MATCHED THE CIVIL SERVICE CLASSIFICATION DESCRIPTION FOR THE SECRETARY II POSITION FOR THE PERIOD IN QUESTION.

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