State, Department of Corrections v. Chesnut

The appellant, Department of Corrections, timely appeals from a final order of the Public Employees Relations Commission (“the Commission”). The order awards back pay to Benny Chesnut, a former employee of the Department, following an earlier order ruling that equitable tolling permitted him to file an appeal from his termination more than three years later, and reinstating Chesnut. *277Chesnut cross-appeals with respect to the amount of back pay. Because we agree that the Commission erred in ruling that equitable tolling principles allowed Ches-nut to file an appeal from his termination three…