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First Name Ricky
Last Name Rife
Decision Date 1/27/2020
Docket Number 2018-1441-RalED
ALJ CHL
Respondent Raleigh County Board of Education
Employment Type SERV
Job Title Heavy Equipment Operator
Topics Selection; Service Personnel
Primary Issues Whether Grievant proved that Respondent’s decision to fill the vacancy was improper, or otherwise, arbitrary and capricious.
Outcome Denied
Statutes W. Va. Code St. R. § 156-1-3 (2018); W. Va. Code § 18A-4-8b(a); W. Va. Code § 18A-4-8b(b); W. Va. Code § 18A-4-8b(g); W. Va. Code § 18A-4-8(l); W. Va. Code § 18A-4-8b(i); W. Va. Code § 18A-4-8(i)(29)W. Va. Code § 18A-4-8(i)(3); W. Va. Code § 18A-4-8(i)(29); W. Va. Code § 18A-4-8b(e); W. Va. Code § 18A-4-8e(c)(4); W. Va. Code § 18A-4-8e(h); W. Va. Code § 18A-4-8(i)(67)
Related Cases Leichliter v. Dep't of Health & Human Res., Docket No. 92-HHR-486 (May 17, 1993), aff’d, Pleasants Cnty. Cir. Ct. Civil Action No. 93-APC-1 (Dec. 2, 1994); Dillon v. Wyoming County Board of Education, 177 W. Va. 145, 351 S.E.2d 58 (1986); Baker v. Bd. of Educ., 207 W. Va. 513, 534 S.E.2d 378 (2000); State ex rel. Eads v. Duncil, 196 W. Va. 604, 474 S.E.2d 534 (1996); Arlington Hosp. v. Schweiker, 547 F. Supp. 670 (E.D. Va. 1982); Bedford County Memorial Hosp. v. Health and Human Serv., 769 F.2d 1017 (4th Cir. 1985); Yokum v. W. Va. Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, Docket No. 96-DOE-081 (Oct. 16, 1996); Trimboli v. Dep’t of Health and Human Res., Docket No. 93-HHR-322 (June 27, 1997), aff’d Mercer Cnty. Cir. Ct. Docket No. 97-CV-374-K (Oct. 16, 1998); Adkins v. W. Va. Dep't of Educ., 210 W. Va. 105, 556 S.E.2d 72 (2001) (per curiam); Blake v. Kanawha County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 01-20-470 (Oct. 29, 2001), aff’d Kanawha Cnty. Cir. Ct. Docket No. 01-AA-161 (July 2, 2002), appeal refused, W. Va. Sup. Ct. App. Docket No. 022387 (Apr. 10, 2003); Myers v. Monongalia County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 2012-0981-MonED (Aug. 14, 2013); Conners v. Hardy County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 99-16-459 (Jan. 14, 2000); Toney v. Lincoln County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 2008-0533-LinED (Oct. 31, 2008); Bishop v. Raleigh County Bd. of Educ., and Dotson, Docket No. 2017-2272-RalED (Aug. 28, 2018), aff’d, Kanawha Cnty. Cir. Ct. Civil Action No. 18-AA-241 (Mar. 29, 2019)
Keywords Selection; Annual Review; Heavy Equipment Operator; Welder; Welder Crew Leader; Crew Leader; Mechanic; Duties; Classification; Multiclassification; Posting; Reclassification; Transfer; Seniority Date; Arbitrary and Capricious; Mistake; Reposting; Vacancy; Competency Test; Title; Error; Qualified
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Synopsis Grievant was regularly employed by Respondent as a Heavy Equipment Operator. Grievant argues that Respondent failed to perform yearly reviews of his classification and duties as required by W. Va. Code § 18A-4-8(l), and that as a result, he was denied a Welder Crew Leader in June 2018 to which he would have otherwise been entitled. Respondent denies Grievant’s claims, and argues that while it failed to perform the annual classification reviews, Grievant was not entitled to the Welder Crew Leader position, and that it properly selected another applicant for the position. Grievant failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that he was entitled to the Welder Crew Leader position as a result of Respondent’s violation of W. Va. Code § 18A-4-8(l), or otherwise. Therefore, the grievance is DENIED.

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