Ex Parte Green

The Fair Dismissal Act, §§ 36-26-100 to -108, Ala. Code 1975, provides that a nonteacher employee of a school system who works 20 or more hours a week is a full-time employee and is entitled to a hearing on a proposed termination.

We granted certiorari review in order to determine whether a nonteacher employee is entitled to a hearing under the Act before being terminated if that employee works more than 20 total hours a week, but works in multiple positions, spending less than 20 hours a week in the position for which the termination is proposed.

The plaintiffs, Nancy Green and Barbara Rich,…