Karen Rouse New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home -_ Paramus, CSC Docket No. 2017-3046, 2017-3415
NJ Civil Service Commission decision of August 19, 2020, CSC Docket No. 2017-3046: discipline, settlement acknowledged. Karen Rouse, Senior Human Services Technician, 60 working day suspension and removal effective February 7, 2017, on charges including verbal abuse of a resident, insubordination, n
Commission decisions · Meeting of August 19, 2020
Karen Rouse, Senior Human Services Technician, 60 working day suspension and removal effective February 7, 2017, on charges including verbal abuse of a resident, insubordination, neglect of duty and violation of various other rules and regulations.
- Matter
- Discipline
- Decided
- August 19, 2020, item A-4
- Outcome
- Settlement acknowledged
- ALJ's recommendation
- Reverse the 60 working day suspension and modify the removal to a 30 working day suspension.
- What the Commission did with it
- Rejected the ALJ's recommendation
- Penalty appealed
- 60 working day suspension
- Chair at the time
- Deirdre L. Webster Cobb, Chairperson
- Official decision
- Published by CSC in its monthly archive bundle (A-004 8-19-20.pdf)
Action recorded in the minutes: The Civil Service Commission rejected the recommendation of the Administrative Law Judge and acknowledged the settlement.
The decision
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BackgroundThe appeals of Karen Rouse, Senior Human Services Technician, New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home - Paramus, Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, 60 working day suspension and removal effective February 7, 2017, on charges, were heard by Administrative Law Judge Julio C. Morejon, who rendered his initial decision on July 17, 2020. No exceptions were filed.
Subsequent to the issuance of the initial decision, the parties settled the matters. They have submitted the settlement to the Civil Service Commission for acknowledgment. A review of the settlement indicates that it complies with Civil Service law and rules.
AnalysisHaving considered the record and the attached Administrative Law Judge’s initial decision, and having made an independent evaluation of the record, the Civil Service Commission, at its meeting on August 19, 2020, rejected the initial decision and acknowledged the settlement.
ORDER
The Civil Service Commission rejects the Administrative Law Judge’s initial decision and acknowledges the settlement.
ClosingThis is the final administrative determination in this matter. Any further review should be pursued in a judicial forum.
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