Litigation
Apr. 3, 2017
Retired state employees can avoid payment of damage awards, judge rules
A judge has ruled that the State Personnel Board does not have the power to order former state employees to pay compensatory damages.
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO — A judge has ruled that the State Personnel Board does not have the power to order former state employees to pay compensatory damages.
The decision won't affect damages that a whistleblower could potentially win in civil court. But it could motivate employees named in future cases to resign in order to escape jurisdiction of the agency.
The Sacramento County Supe...
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