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First Name Sharon
Last Name Buzzard
Decision Date 1/19/2018
Docket Number 2017-1420-DHHR
ALJ BTC
Respondent Department of Health and Human Resources/Bureau for Child Support Enforcement and Division of Personnel
Employment Type STATE
Job Title Child Support Tech 3
Topics Salary
Primary Issues Whether Respondent’s action was arbitrary and capricious.
Outcome Denied
Statutes W. Va. Code St. R. § 156-1-3 (2008)
Related Cases State ex rel. Eads v. Duncil, 196 W. Va. 604, 614, 474 S.E.2d 534, 544 (1996); Bedford County Memorial Hosp. v. Health & Human Serv., 769 F.2d 1017 (4th Cir. 1985)
Keywords Salary; Arbitrary and Capricious; Relief
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Synopsis Grievant is employed by Respondent as a Child Support Technician 3. Grievant was selected as a Child Support Specialist 2 and agreed to a lower salary then indicated by the Division of Personnel’s Pay Plan Policy. Grievant asserted she accepted the offer under duress and that Respondent’s decision to offer her a lower salary was arbitrary and capricious. Grievant failed to prove Respondent’s action was arbitrary and capricious or that she was otherwise entitled to the relief she seeks when she accepted the salary that was offered. Accordingly, the grievance is denied.

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