Ross v. Arizona State Personnel Board

OPINION

LANKFORD, Judge.

The issue presented in this appeal is whether the State Personnel Board (“the Board”) has jurisdiction to review a State employee’s claim that she has been forced out of her job by a falsified resignation. Because we hold that the Board has jurisdiction to determine whether the employee was dismissed or resigned, we reverse the superi- or court’s dismissal of the complaint.

For purposes of this appeal, it is undisputed that appellant Cheryl Ross was employed as a field officer on a full-time basis with the Department of Transportation. In a stressful moment at work, Ross…