Maiden v. Fayette County Board of Retardation & Development Disabilities

The issue in this case is whether, after an appointing authority has determined that a state employee was guilty of neglect of duty and has discharged that employee, the State Personnel Board of Review can modify the disposition by ordering a fifteen-day suspension without pay where it affirms the adjudication of neglect of duty.

Patricia J. Maiden, the appellee, was employed as a Workshop Specialist I at the Fayette Progressive School in Fayette County, Ohio. Between December 1981 and November 1982, appellee had received a written reprimand, oral counseling, a three-day suspension and a…