A former employee of the State of Alaska Division of Finance, who claims she was discriminated against, is appealing her case in Juneau Superior Court after her complaint was dismissed.
The 60-something Filipino woman, who
declined to be named and who has worked for the division in Juneau for
about 25 years, filed a complaint of discrimination against the
division, saying it reclassified her position downward in attempt to get
her to leave and also passed her over for another job in favor of a
younger and less qualified person.
Oral arguments in the case were heard
Friday before Judge Philip Pallenberg in Juneau Superior Court, which
has the jurisdiction to hear appeals from Alaska Administrative
Agencies.
The woman’s attorney Michael P. Nash.
told the judge that his client was hired as an accounting clerk in 1984
and worked her way up to an accounting technician. She was tasked with
work above her pay grade, such as conducting audits, and, at the urging
of her coworkers and a former supervisor, she requested to have her
position reclassified to a higher position in 2008.
Nash said that when the state looked into
the classification, which determines pay level, the state reclassified
her position downward, and the woman was demoted and her salary frozen.
She retired early two months later and left in November 2009 to work for
the Department of Public Safety.
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