Brigham v. Department of Health and Welfare

HUNTLEY, Justice.

By this appeal we are asked to determine the scope of procedural rights due a probationary employee upon dismissal under the Idaho Personnel System Act.

The facts are as found by the Idaho Personnel Commission hearing officer and as supplemented by stipulation of the parties.

Charles Brigham was hired as director of maintenance and operations at State Hospital South, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, in August, 1979. Mr. George Bachik, the director of State Hospital South, and Mrs. Althea Toland interviewed Brigham and explained that the new maintenance and operations…