Cozzens-Ellis v. Wisconsin Personnel Commission

The Wisconsin Personnel Commission dismissed Nancy Cozzens-Ellis's appeal from a denial of her application for promotion within the classified civil service. She appealed to the commission pursuant to sec. 230.44(1)(d), Stats., and the commission dismissed her appeal as untimely under sec. 230.44(3).1 The circuit court affirmed, she appeals to this court, and we affirm.

The issue is whether for purposes of sec. 230.44(3), Stats., the "effective date of the action" of a promotion denial is the date the decision was made not to promote or the date the person who was promoted began the new *273job.…