Appeal of Young

The petitioner, Kevin Young, an Inspector II at the New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, appeals the decision of the personnel appeals board (board) upholding his termination. We reverse.

The material facts are not in dispute. After receiving a tentative offer of employment from the New Hampshire Department of Corrections, the petitioner, in a June 4, 1998 letter, informed the commissioner of agriculture that he was “transferring [his] State service to the Department of Corrections, effective June 19, 1998.” The petitioner’s letter did not indicate that the offer at the department of…