Volesky v. North Dakota Game & Fish Department

NEUMANN, Justice.

[¶ 1] Dominic Volesky appealed from a judgment affirming a State Personnel Board decision adopting a hearing officer’s recommendation that the Game and Fish Department properly eliminated Volesky’s job through a reduction in force (RIF). We hold Game and Fish’s elimination of Volesky’s job complied with the law for a RIF and the Board’s decision that Game and Fish’s action was not a reprisal is supported by a preponderance of the evidence. We affirm.

[¶2] Volesky was a classified, nonproba-tionary employee at Game and Fish, holding the position of Pilot II. Volesky initially…