Friday, December 11, 2009
Cabell County Commission Rejects Settlement
WEST VIRGINIA....
The Cabell County Commission is headed to court after rejecting a settlement Thursday in connection to a 2004 lawsuit filed against the commission and the county sheriff's office by 22 former corrections officers who worked at the county jail in Huntington and were fired in December 2003 when county jail operations were moved to the Western Regional Jail in Barboursville. Employees filed the lawsuit in Circuit Court to recover unused sick leave pay, but the commission says its policy does not give county employees money for unused sick leave after they are terminated, and no county employee has ever received money under those circumstances. However, employees who retire are eligible to receive certain benefits for unused sick days.
The Cabell County Commission is headed to court after rejecting a settlement Thursday in connection to a 2004 lawsuit filed against the commission and the county sheriff's office by 22 former corrections officers who worked at the county jail in Huntington and were fired in December 2003 when county jail operations were moved to the Western Regional Jail in Barboursville. Employees filed the lawsuit in Circuit Court to recover unused sick leave pay, but the commission says its policy does not give county employees money for unused sick leave after they are terminated, and no county employee has ever received money under those circumstances. However, employees who retire are eligible to receive certain benefits for unused sick days.
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