R.C., CSC Docket No. 2023-357
NJ Civil Service Commission decision of December 18, 2024, CSC Docket No. 2023-357: discrimination, retaliation or state policy, denied. R.C., Program Support Specialist 2, Assistance Programs, Department of Community Affairs, appeals the determination which found that she failed to present sufficie
Commission decisions · Meeting of December 18, 2024
R.C., Program Support Specialist 2, Assistance Programs, Department of Community Affairs, appeals the determination which found that she failed to present sufficient evidence that she had been subjected to a violation of the New Jersey State Policy Prohibiting Discrimination in the Workplace.
- Matter
- Discrimination, retaliation or State Policy
- Decided
- December 18, 2024, item A-2
- Outcome
- Denied
- ALJ's recommendation
- Deny the appeal.
- What the Commission did with it
- Adopted the ALJ's recommendation
- Chair at the time
- Allison Chris Myers, Acting Chairperson
- Official decision
- CSC's PDF
Action recorded in the minutes: The Civil Service Commission affirmed the recommendation of the Administrative Law Judge.
This docket at the Commission
- February 22, 2023, item B-15Referred for further reviewThe Civil Service Commission referred this matter to the Office of Administrative Law for a hearing.
- December 18, 2024, item A-2DeniedThe Civil Service Commission affirmed the recommendation of the Administrative Law Judge.
The decision
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BackgroundThe appeal of R.C., Program Support Specialist 2, Assistance Programs, Department of Community Affairs, of the determination which found that she failed to present sufficient evidence that she had been subjected to a violation of the New Jersey State Policy Prohibiting Discrimination in the Workplace, was heard by Administrative Law Judge William T. Cooper, III (ALJ), who rendered his initial decision on November 15, 2024. Exceptions were filed by the appellant and a reply was filed on behalf of the appointing authority.
AnalysisHaving considered the record and the ALJ's initial decision, and having made an independent evaluation of the record, including a thorough review of the exceptions and reply, the Civil Service Commission (Commission), at its meeting on December 18, 2024, adopted the ALJ’s Findings of Facts and Conclusions and his recommendation to deny the appeal.
The Commission makes the following comment. The ALdJ’s decision in this matter 1s thorough and comprehensive. Moreover, as indicated above, the Commission has thoroughly reviewed the exceptions filed by the appellant and finds them unpersuasive as they do not provide a basis to question or discount the ALJ’s findings and conclusions. The Commission, therefore, affirms the initial decision in its entirety.
ORDER
The Civil Service Commission orders that the appeal be denied and dismisses the appeal of R.C.
ClosingThis is the final administrative determination in this matter. Any further review should be pursued in a judicial forum.
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