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First Name PAMELA
Last Name SHEPHERD, ET AL.
Decision Date 7/20/1989
Docket Number 89-55-103
ALJ JW
Respondent WYOMING COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
Employment Type SERV
Job Title SERVICE EMPLOYEES
Topics CONTINUING CONTRACTS; EMPLOYMENT TERM
Primary Issues Vacation Benefits; Termination of Contracts
Outcome GRANTED
Statutes 18A-2-6
Related Cases WINEBARGER V. MCDOWELL CBOE; MARCUM V. WAYNE CBOE; BREWSTER AND BREEDLOVE V. LINCOLN CBOE; ROACH, ET AL. V. MASON CBOE
Keywords VACATION; CONTRACTS; MODIFY; TERM
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Synopsis GRIEVANTS ARE ALL SCHOOL SERVICE EMPLOYEES ASSIGNED TO THE BOARD'S CENTRAL OFFICE AND ALL HAVE 261-DAY CONTINUING CONTRACTS BUT HAVE ONLY BEEN REQUIRED TO WORK 240 DAYS PER YEAR SINCE AS EARLY AS 1975. THEY ALLEGE THAT VACATION BENEFITS HAD BEEN TAKEN AWAY IN VIOLATION OF W.VA. CODE 18A-4-8. DECISION: THE EMPLOYMENT TERM OF SCHOOL SERVICE PERSONNEL CAN BE MODIFIED WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT BUT ONLY THROUGH TERMINATION OF THEIR CONTRACTS AFTER STRICT COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF W.VA. CODE 18A-2-6. GRANTED; THE MODIFICATION IN GRIEVANTS' ESTABLISHED EMPLOYMENT TERM MADE BY THE BOARD WAS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH W.VA. CODE 18A-2-6.

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