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First Name Carolyn
Last Name Dunfee
Decision Date 5/15/2024
Docket Number 2024-0076-DOC
ALJ LKB
Respondent Workforce West Virginia
Employment Type STATE
Job Title Employment Programs Claims Deputy
Topics Non-Disciplinary Employment Actions
Primary Issues Whether Respondent acted arbitrarily and capriciously when it transferred Grievant from one office location to another.
Outcome Denied
Statutes W. VA. CODE ST. R. § 156 1-3 (2018); position in another organizational subdivision of the same or another agency at any time.” W. VA. CODE ST. R. § 143-1-11.6.a. (2022)
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); State ex rel. Eads v. Duncil, 196 W. Va. 604, 614, 474 S.E.2d 534, 544 (1996) (citing Arlington Hosp. v. Schweiker, 547 F. Supp. 670 (E.D. Va. 1982)); 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); Syl. Pt. 1, 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); Childers v. Civil Serv. Com’n., 155 W. Va. 69, 75, 181 S.E.2d 22, 25 (1971); see also Goins v. Div. of Natural Res., Docket No. 2013-2242-CONS (Aug. 1, 2014); Craig v. Div. of Natural Res., Docket No. 05-DNR-030 (July 20, 2005); Bever v. Dep’t of Health & Human Resources, Docket No. 96-HHR-258 (Dec. 31, 1996); Goodnight v. W. Va. Div. of Human Serv., Docket No. 91-DHS-111 (May 31, 1991)
Keywords Transfer
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Synopsis Grievant is employed by Respondent as an Employment Programs Claims Deputy. Grievant was involuntarily transferred from Respondent’s Putnam County office to its Kanawha City office when the Putnam County office closed due to a loss of funding. Grievant requested to be transferred to Respondent’s Huntington office instead, but her request was denied. Grievant’s transfer did not result in a demotion, pay cut, or change in pay grade. Moreover, Respondent followed all applicable rules and policies, and its decision was neither arbitrary nor capricious. Accordingly, the grievance is DENIED.

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