Alabama State Personnel Bd. v. Hardeman

The Alabama State Personnel Board ("the Personnel Board") and Alabama Public Television ("APT") appeal from the trial court's judgment holding that John Hardeman was entitled to back pay for a period when his employment with APT had been terminated.

APT terminated Hardeman's employment on October 5, 2001; it charged in a letter dated October 4, 2001, that his dismissal was because of repeated absences from work and that Hardeman's most recent absence had caused APT an "extreme hardship." Hardeman appealed APT's decision to terminate his employment to the Personnel Board. On April 12, 2002, APT…