Bennett ex rel. Arizona State Personnel Commission v. Beard

OPINION

JACOBSON, Judge.

Is the annual leave policy adopted by a state agency for its public employees part of the employees’ “contract of employment” thus giving rise to “vested rights” so as not to be subject to future change by the state? This is the question presented by this appeal.

This question arose out of a special action instituted by appellee, Caron Beard, an employee of the Arizona Highway Department, against the Director of the Arizona State Personnel Commission,1 seeking to *535declare that the commission was without authority to reduce the rate of his annual leave accrual benefit. On…