Gertrude Samuels Hunterdon Developmental Center, CSC Docket No. 2018-1949
NJ Civil Service Commission decision of June 12, 2019, CSC Docket No. 2018-1949: discipline, penalty upheld. Gertrude Samuels, Cottage Training Technician, Hunterdon Developmental Center, Department of Human Services, removal effective September 9, 2017 on charges of physical or mental abuse of a cl
Commission decisions · Meeting of June 12, 2019
Gertrude Samuels, Cottage Training Technician, Hunterdon Developmental Center, Department of Human Services, removal effective September 9, 2017 on charges of physical or mental abuse of a client, inappropriate physical contact, insubordination, conduct unbecoming a public employee and other sufficient cause.
- Matter
- Discipline
- Decided
- June 12, 2019, item A-4
- Outcome
- Penalty upheld
- ALJ's recommendation
- Uphold the removal.
- What the Commission did with it
- Adopted the ALJ's recommendation
- Penalty appealed
- removal
- Title
- COTTAGE TRAINING TECHNICIAN
- Employer
- Human Services
- Chair at the time
- Deirdre L. Webster Cobb, Chairperson
- Official decision
- Published by CSC in its monthly archive bundle (A-004 06-12-19.pdf)
Action recorded in the minutes: The Civil Service Commission affirmed the recommendation of the Administrative Law Judge.
The decision
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BackgroundThe appeal of Gertrude Samuels, Cottage Training Technician, Hunterdon Developmental Center, Department of Human Services, removal effective September 9, 2017, on charges, was heard by Administrative Law Judge Jacob S. Gertsman, who rendered his initial decision on April 29, 2019. No exceptions were filed.
AnalysisHaving considered the record and the Administrative Law Judge's initial decision, and having made an independent evaluation of the record, the Civil Service Commission (Commission), at its meeting of June 12, 2019, accepted and adopted the Findings of Fact and Conclusion as contained in the attached Administrative Law Judge’s initial decision.
ORDER
The Civil Service Commission finds that the action of the appointing authority in removing the appellant was justified. The Commission therefore affirms that action and dismisses the appeals of Gertrude Samuels.
This is the fina] administrative determination in this matter. Any further review should be pursued in a judicial forum.
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