§ 37.3.1 This Article's Scope.

• Jurisdiction: Arizona

§ 37.3.1 This Article’s Scope. In 2012 House Bill 2571 eliminated merit-system protections for numerous state employees, limited the power of the personnel board to modify or overrule decisions of state agency directors or boards, and provided for state agency directors or boards to reject findings and decisions of the personnel board in regard to disciplinary actions. As a result, few categories of employees in state government still have the right to an appeal to an independent fact-finding entity that can order reversal or modification of disciplinary actions. The director of the agency that took the disciplinary action is the final judge and decider of the evidence and reasonableness of the action taken by his own agency. HB 2571 also amended the state whistleblower statute by prohibiting attorneys’ fees in excess of $10,000. For these reasons, fewer appeals and state whistleblower act complaints are expected to be filed in the future. As to those actions, the following procedures now apply.

The appellate procedures to the state personnel board described in this article apply to nonprobationary employees...