Legal Opinion
In Re Grievance of Butler
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided May 23, 1997No. 95-044PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.
The State appeals a decision of the Vermont Labor Relations Board holding that the Department of Public Safety discriminated against grievant Deborah Butler on the basis of her gender, and ordering her reinstatement as a Vermont State Police officer. Butler had been dismissed because she did not successfully complete her probationary period of employment. The Board concluded that had she not been treated differently because of her sex, Butler would have become a permanent state trooper. We affirm the decision of the Board.
We emphasize at the outset the limited nature of our review. The…
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