Yazzie v. Navajo Sanitation

OPINION

YAZZIE and GRANT

filed the opinion of the Court.

This case concerns whether the Navajo Nation Preference in Employment Act (NPEA) limits the types of remedies the Navajo Nation Labor Commission (Commission) can award an employee and whether the Commission has jurisdiction to hear a claim against an employer by an employee alleging sexual harassment by a fellow employee. The Court affirms the Commission’s decision on the ground that it lacks jurisdiction over a sexual harassment claim.

I

The relevant facts are as follows. Appellant Kevin Yazzie (Yazzie) filed a complaint with the Commission…