Batten v. N.C. Department of Correction

WHICHARD, Justice.

This case concerns the grievance of an employee of the Department of Correction (DOC) who was “reallocated” 1 pursuant to a managerial reorganization of correctional facility personnel. Grievance procedures available to the employee are set forth in the State Personnel Act, N.C.G.S. §§ 126-1 through 126-88, and in the administrative code regulations authorized thereunder. Because reallocation in this employee’s case entailed a reduction in position, the action was “disciplinary” within the meaning of the Act. Such actions entitle “permanent state employees” 2 subject to the…