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First Name STEVE
Last Name MCCOY
Decision Date 11/30/1989
Docket Number 89-DOH-88
ALJ SK
Respondent DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Employment Type STATE
Job Title MECHANIC I
Topics SELECTION
Primary Issues Qualifications
Outcome DENIED
Statutes
Related Cases PAYNE
Keywords BURDEN OF PROOF
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Synopsis GRIEVANT, EMPLOYED AS A MECHANIC I, ALLEGED THAT HE WAS BETTER QUALIFIED THAN THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT FOR A CRAFTSWORKER II POSITION AND REQUESTS BACK PAY AND BENEFITS. THE GRIEVANT FAILED TO INCLUDE TRAINING OR EXPERIENCE RELEVANT TO THE POSITION ON THE JOB APPLICATION ASSUMING THAT THE INTERVIEWER WAS AWARE OF HIS ABILITIES. THE DEPARTMENT ARGUED THAT THE POSITION WAS IN THE AREA OF HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE AND THE GRIEVANT'S STATED PAST TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE WAS ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY IN THE AREA OF AUTO MECHANICS WHILE THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT POSSESSED SKILLS REQUIRED BY THE POSITION. DECISION: DENIED. GRIEVANT FAILED TO PROVE HE WAS IMPROPERLY DENIED THE POSITION.

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