In re the Arbitration between Civil Service Employees Ass'n & State

Petitioner Peter Silva, an employee of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, was notified on November 1, 1983 that he was being temporarily reassigned to other duties pending disciplinary charges and that he could elect to refuse the temporary assignment and be suspended without pay. He began the temporary assignment; however, upon receiving the *436notice of discipline one week later, he took a temporary leave of absence without pay and filed a grievance challenging the notice. Upon submission of the grievance to arbitration, on August 27, 1984, the arbitrator found Silva guilty of…