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First Name DAVID
Last Name MULLINS
Decision Date 8/23/1989
Docket Number 89-DHS-313
ALJ DC
Respondent DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Employment Type STATE
Job Title AUDIT CLERK
Topics GOVERNOR'S FREEZE
Primary Issues PROMOTION
Outcome DENIED
Statutes 29-6A-3(J)
Related Cases
Keywords MOOT; ABSTRACT; ADVISORY
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Synopsis GRIEVANT WAS APPROVED FOR PROMOTION FROM AUDIT CLERK II IN CHARLESTON TO AUDIT CLERK III IN GRAFTON. VERY SHORTLY AFTER APPROVAL, BUT BEFORE PAPERWORK COMPLETED, A GUBERNATORIAL FREEZE ON ALL STATE EMPLOYEE SALARY INCREASES WAS ENACTED; GRIEVANT'S PROMOTION WAS ACCORDINGLY CANCELED. HE FILED THIS CLAIM, SEEKING: 1) AN UPGRADE OF HIS CHARLESTON JOB TO AUDIT CLERK III, EVEN THOUGH HE ADMITTED HE HAD NOT ALLEGED IN THIS GRIEVANCE THAT AUDIT CLERK II WAS NOT THE CORRECT CLASSIFICATION; AND 2) APPROVAL OF ANY TRANSFER HE SEEKS IN THE FUTURE. DECISION: DENIED. THERE IS NO BASIS FOR RECLASSIFYING GRIEVANT'S PRESENT JOB IN CHARLESTON IF HE IS ALREADY CORRECTLY CLASSED; GRIEVANT WAS ADVISED HE COULD FILE A SEPARATE MISCLASSIFICATION CASE IF THAT WAS HIS DESIRE. FURTHER, HIS REQUEST FOR FUTURE TRANSFER APPROVAL IS, IN ESSENCE, ONE FOR AN ADVISORY DECISION, WHICH IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THIS GRIEVANCE BOARD.

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