Demotion Without Reduction in Pay is Not Appealable

In Olson v. Utah Department of Health, the Utah Court of Appeals ruled that the Career Service Review Board (CSRB), established for review of certain disciplinary actions taken against state employees, did not have jurisdiction over the appeal of a disciplinary transfer of an employee. It ruled this way even though when originally transferred the woman had also received a cut in pay. Because her employer had determined to rescind the cut in pay, the CSRB determined that it no longer had jurisdiction after her original wage was restored. The Utah Court of Appeals agreed that for the CSRB to have jurisdiction over such disciplinary transfers there must be a reduction in pay as well.