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First Name ELOISE
Last Name ROBERTS
Decision Date 11/22/1989
Docket Number 89-22-584
ALJ DC
Respondent LINCOLN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
Employment Type SERV
Job Title BUS OPERATOR
Topics SENIORITY
Primary Issues Continuing Contract
Outcome GRANTED
Statutes 18A-2-7, 18A-2-6
Related Cases
Keywords BENEFITS; FULL-TIME
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Synopsis GRIEVANT, AT THE TIME A SUBSTITUTE BUS DRIVER, WAS ASKED TO TAKE A NEW RUN IN LATE SEPT. 1978. SHE STILL HAS THAT SAME BASIC RUN, BUT WAS NOT FORMALLY HIRED AS A REGULAR OPERATOR UNTIL 1980, WHEN SHE WAS OFFERED A CONTINUING CONTRACT. SHE DID NOT APPLY FOR ANY JOB OR REQUEST A CHANGE OF STATUS; PRIOR TO THIS, SHE WAS GIVEN SOME, NOT ALL, THE RIGHTS/PRIVILEGES OF REGULAR EMPLOYMENT, INCLUDING NOTIFICATION THAT SHE WAS BEING CONSIDERED FOR TRANSFER. NO OTHER DRIVER HAS EVER BEEN ASSIGNED TO GRIEVANT'S RUN. SHE SEEKS AMENDMENT OF HER PERSONNEL RECORDS TO SHOW A REGULAR-EMPLOYMENT STARTING DATE OF SEPT. 1978 AND ATTENDANT BENEFITS. DECISION: GRANTED. RESPONDENT CONSIDERED GRIEVANT A REGULAR EMPLOYEE, FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES, COMMENCING SEPT. 1978, AS EVIDENCED BY ITS TREATMENT OF HER THEN AND THEREAFTER. IT IS ESTOPPED FROM NOT CATEGORIZING HER AS SUCH, FOR OFFICIAL PURPOSES, STARTING THEN, EVEN THOUGH IT DID NOT VOTE TO HIRE HER PERMANENTLY UNTIL 1980.

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