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First Name Marilyn
Last Name Schreckengost
Decision Date 1/30/2020
Docket Number 2019-0758-WooED
ALJ CHL
Respondent Wood County Board of Education
Employment Type PROF
Job Title Nurse
Topics Discrimination; Favoritism; Reprisal; Salary
Primary Issues Whether Grievant proved her claims of discrimination and favoritism by a preponderance of the evidence.
Outcome Denied
Statutes W. VA. CODE ST. R. § 156-1-3 (2018); W. Va. Code § 18A-4-1(1); W. Va. Code § 6C-2-2(d); W. Va. Code § 6C-2-2(h); W. VA. CODE § 6C-2-3(h)
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); Cunningham v. County Court of Wood County, 148 W.Va. 303, 310, 134 S.E.2d 725, 729 (1964); West Virginia. Pub. Employees Ins. Bd. v. Blue Cross Hosp. Serv. Inc., 174 W. Va. 605, 328 S.E.2d 356 (1985); Freeman v. Poling, 175 W. Va. 814, 819, 338 S.E.2d 415, 421 (1985); Carducci v. Regan, 714 F.2d 171, 177 (D.C. Cir. 1983); Guthrie v. Dep’t of Health and Human Serv., Docket No. 95-HHR-277 (Jan. 31, 1996); Parker v. Summers County Bd. of Educ., 185 W. Va. 313, 406 S.E.2d 744 (1991); Franz v. Dep’t of Health and Human Res., Docket No. 98-HHR-228 (Nov. 30, 1998); Allen v. Dep't. of Transp. and Division of Personnel, Docket No. 06-DOH-224 (January 31, 2007); Buckland v. Division of Natural Res., Docket No. 2008-0095-DOC (Oct. 6, 2008); Fields v. Mingo County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 2013-1130-MinED (Feb. 4, 2014); Bryant and Shields v. Raleigh County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 05-41-236 (May 16, 2006);Cook v. Div. of Natural Res., Docket No. 2009-0875-DOC (Jan. 22, 2010); Conner v. Barbour County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 93-01-154 (Apr. 8, 1994); Poore v. W. Va. Dep’t of Health and Human Resources/Bureau for Children and Families, Docket No. 2010-0448-DHHR (Feb. 11, 2011); Frank’s Shoe Store v. W. Va. Human Rights Comm’n, 179 W. Va. 53, 365 S.E.2d 251 (1986); Warner v. Dep’t of Health & Human Res., Docket No. 2012-0986-DHHR (Oct. 21, 2013); Mace v. Pizza Hut, Inc., 377 S.E.2d 461 (W. Va. 1988); Morgan v. Pizzino, 163 W. Va. 454, 256 S.E.2d 592 (1979); Sloan v. Dep’t of Health and Human Res., 215 W. Va. 657, 600 S.E.2d 554 (2004)
Keywords Salary; Experience; Favoritism; Discrimination; Reprisal; Ultra Vires; Mistake; Experience Credit for Pay Purposes; ECPP; Service Credit; Bachelor’s Degree; BSN; School Nurse; Overpaid; Private Sector; Payroll; Unauthorized; Retaliation; Presumption; Pretext
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Synopsis Grievant is employed by Respondent as a school nurse. Grievant learned that another school nurse hired on the same day as she was allowed experience credit for pay purposes for twenty years she worked before receiving her bachelor’s degree, while Grievant was not allowed to receive such service credit. Grievant claimed discrimination, favoritism, and reprisal. Respondent denied Grievant’s claims and asserted that it made changes to the other employee’s salary and to Grievant’s to correct mistakes. Grievant failed to prove her claims by a preponderance of the evidence. Therefore, this grievance is DENIED.

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