Section 34 Relevance of Disciplinary Actions Against Other Employees

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The focus is on the conduct or circumstances of the appealing employee. When the appointing authority imposes a discipline within the range allowed and does so for a reason rationally related to the employer’s interests, the employee has no claim involving equal protection. Burgdorf v. Bd. of Police Comm’rs, 936 S.W.2d 227, 232–33 (Mo. App. E.D. 1996), overruled on other grounds, Bird v. Mo. Bd. of Architects, Prof’l Eng’rs, Prof’l Land Surveyors & Landscape Architects, 259 S.W.3d 516, 521 n.9 (Mo. banc...