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First Name Sherry
Last Name Rockwell
Decision Date 7/19/2023
Docket Number 2021-2345-DHHR
ALJ BTC
Respondent Dept. of Health and Human Resources/Bureau for Public Health; Division of Personnel
Employment Type State
Job Title Health and Human Resources Program Manager 1
Topics Reallocation
Primary Issues Whether Grievant's position should have been reallocated as a Health Resources Program Manager 2 and whether the DOP's determination to not reallocate the position was arbitrary and capricious.
Outcome Denied
Statutes W. VA. CODE R. § 143-1-1 et seq.; W. VA. CODE ST. R. § 143-1-3.19; W. VA. CODE R. § 143-1-3.72; W. VA. CODE ST. R. § 143-1-4.4(b); W. VA. CODE ST. R. § 143-1-4.4(d); W. VA. CODE R. § 143-1-4.5.b.; W. VA. CODE ST. R. § 156-1-3 (2018); W. VA. CODE § 29-6-10
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); Bonnett v. West Virginia Dep’t of Tax and Revenue and Div. of Pers., Docket No. 99-T&R-118 (Aug 30, 1999), aff’d Kan. Co. Cir. Ct. Docket No. 99-AA-151 (Mar. 1, 2001); W. Va. Dep't of Health & Human Res. v. Blankenship, 189 W. Va. 342, 348, 431 S.E.2d 681, 687 (1993) (per curiam); Kyle v. W. Va. State Bd. of Rehab., Docket No. VR-88-006 (Mar. 28, 1989); State ex rel. Eads v. Duncil, 196 W. Va. 604 at 614, 474 S.E.2d 534 at 544 (1996) (citing Arlington Hosp. v. Schweiker, 547 F. Supp. 670 (E.D. Va. 1982)); Simmons v. W. Va. Dep’t of Health and Human Res./Div. of Personnel, Docket No. 90-H-433 (Mar. 28, 1991); Propst v. Dep’t of Health and Human Resources and Div. of Personnel, Docket No. 93-HHR-351 (Dec. 3, 1993); Clark v. Ins. Comm’n & Div. of Pers., Docket No. 2016-1442-DOR (Dec. 13, 2016), aff’d, Kanawha Cnty. Cir. Ct., Docket No. 17-AA-4 (June 5, 2017); Kuntz/Wilford v. Dep't of Health and Human Res., Docket No. 96-HHR-301 (Mar. 26, 1997), aff’d, Kanawha Cnty. Cir. Ct., Docket No. 97-AA-51 (Apr. 23, 1999);
Keywords job duties; salary; back pay
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Synopsis Grievant was employed by Respondent Department of Health and Human Resources, within the Bureau for Public Health, in the Office of Emergency Medical Services, as the Director of the Trauma, Designation and Categorization Division. The position was classified as a Health and Human Resources Program Manager 1. Grievant protests the Division of Personnel’s decision not to reallocate the position to Health and Human Resources Program Manager 2. Grievant failed to prove that the Health and Human Resources Program Manager 2 classification was the best fit for the position or that the Division of Personnel’s determination that the position was properly allocated as a Health and Human Resources Program Manager 1 was arbitrary and capricious. Accordingly, the grievance is denied.

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