State, Department of Administration v. Public Employees Relations Commission

JOANOS, Judge.

The State of Florida, Department of Administration (DOA) appeals a Florida Public Employees Relations Commission’s (PERC) final administrative order denying DOA’s request for managerial status for Division of Administrative Hearings (DOAH) hearing officers, denying DOA’s request that secretaries to the hearing officers be designated as confidential employees, and denying DOA’s request to exclude the secretarial positions from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) union bargaining unit due to a conflict of interests. We affirm.

If managerial…