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December 20, 2012 11:02 a.m.
December 20, 2012 10:49 a.m.
December 12, 2012 11:06 a.m.
Employee handbooks are not "the law." That is a not an valid or educated remark from Chapel Hill. And the handbooks were not around when the employment contract between Mr. Petty and the State was begun in the mid-1970's. No employer or party to a contract can change a contract without expressly reserving the legal right to do so. It's called "unconstitutional impairment of contract."
Opinions of State Staff lawyers are not "the law." The Legislature enacts "the Law." The Court
December 12, 2012 10:36 a.m.
December 12, 2012 10:35 a.m.
December 12, 2012 10:22 a.m.
Teachers and State Employees / Local Governmental Employees / Legislative / Firemen and Rescue Squad Workers / Consolidated Judicial / State Law Enforcement Officers / Local Law Enforcement Officers
December 12, 2012 10:20 a.m.
December 12, 2012 10:13 a.m.
Your statement is correct, but only partially, and the part that IS correct is irrelevant to this discussion.
There ARE different rules for different groups within state government. Here is a list of the handbooks for the seven groups:
Teachers and State Employees Local Governmental Employees Legislative Firemen and Rescue Squad Workers Consolidated Judicial State Law Enforcement Officers Local Law Enforcement Officers
Note that teachers and generic state employees are covered by the same policies. The person in question worked for the DOT, putting him in the first category. These ARE the rules I've been presenting and they DO apply to him. If you think anything I've posted is incorrect, please send me a link to support your position. Otherwise, I am done with this discussion!
December 12, 2012 9:59 a.m.
December 11, 2012 6:59 p.m.