Author Archives: Rose Law Firm P.C.

August 3, 2011

City violated Civil Service Rules when hiring employees, Commission finds

The City of Stockton’s Civil Service Commission found City officials violated Civil Service Rules when hiring two employees into jobs for which they never tested or competed. Earlier this year, the Administrative Services Department hired two new employees in the finance division as full-time Office Specialists. Although these employees had tested and competed for other [...]

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City violated SCEA’s labor agreement during 2010 layoffs, arbitrator finds

A neutral arbitrator has found that the City of Stockton violated the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the Stockton City Employees Association (SCEA) when it laid off regular status employees while continuing to employ part-time hourly workers in the library and the fire dispatch center in June 2010. In her 27-page decision and award, attorney [...]

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