Performance, Discipline and Disciplinary Processes

An employee in a position defined to be within the classified civil service, who has successfully completed a probationary period and is in a non-temporary position, will be entitled to pre-disciplinary due process rights, not less than those established by Cleveland Bd. of Educ. v. Loudermill, 470 U.S. 532 (1985).  

Specifically, appropriate pre-disciplinary due process measures must be afforded prior to the following actions becoming effective:

• Suspension for 24 or more work hours;

• Demotion;

• Discharge;

• Unpaid leave, other than suspension for less than 24 work hours or as otherwise permitted by law.   

Nothing in these guidelines shall be construed to limit the right of an employee who possesses the right of appeal to the State Personnel Board of Review to continue to possess that right of appeal.