Buck v. Hurd

Petitioner is employed as a carpenter at the Marcy State Hospital, a position allocated to salary grade G-8 in the State service. In that grade the maximum and minimum salary range is fixed by statute. (Civil Service Law, § 40, subd. 2.)

The petitioner and some employees in other crafts, such as asbestos workers, blacksmiths and tinsmiths, made an application to the Division of Classification and Compensation to reallocate their respective positions to salary grade G-9 which has a higher salary range.

The organization and powers of this division are provided by section 38 of the Civil Service…