Jimenez v. Public Employees Relations Commission

DAUKSCH, Judge.

Appellant, Walter Jimenez, appeals a final order issued by appellee, Public Employees Relations Commission of the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS), in which the commission denied his request for attorney’s fees and costs. Appellee dismissed appellant for failure to maintain established security procedures, falsification of records and negligence. Following an evidentiary hearing, the hearing officer concluded that appellee had just cause to discipline appellant for falsification of records. The hearing officer reduced the dismissal to a thirty-day…