Hood v. Navajo Nation Department of Headstart

OPINION

The Navajo Nation Labor Commission (Commission) rejected an employee’s allegations why a termination was unlawful, but nonetheless ruled the termination was unlawful based on other allegations not asserted in the complaint. The Court holds that the Commission’s resort to new allegations was improper, and vacates the Commission’s decision and dismisses the complaint.

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Appellant Navajo Nation Department ol Headstart (Headstart) (now known as the Department of Early Childhood Development) terminated Appellee Ronald Hood (Hood). Hood originally filed a charge *723with the Office of Navajo Labor…