Section 20 Employee’s Appeal

• Library: Personnel Hearings 2011

If an agency action reviewable by a civil service commission or similar board is taken against a tenured employee, the employee must be notified in writing of the specific reasons for the adverse action, such as dismissal, demotion, or suspension. Schrewe v. Sanders, 498 S.W.2d 775
(Mo. 1973). The employee’s right to a contested hearing derives from the property interest that the employee has in keeping the job. Some laws expressly grant the right to a hearing. For example, § 621.075.1, RSMo Supp. 2010...