Opinion ID: 1333537
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Heading: Appellant's rights under statutory law

Text: We first note that W.Va.Code, 29-6-13, clearly anticipates and provides for the suspension of any permanent employee prior to a hearing. Under the Rules and Regulations of the Civil Service System, no employee may be suspended for more than thirty days in any one calendar year. Any employee who is suspended must be notified in writing. The employee may be suspended without pay only for delinquency or misconduct. Finally, under both W.Va.Code, 29-6-13, and Article XII, Section 4-1 of the Rules, only if employees are suspended for more than thirty days in any one year are they entitled to a post-suspension hearing. Nothing in either the statute or the Rules and Regulations requires that an employee who is suspended for thirty days or less be given any kind of hearing. Under these provisions, such employees are entitled to nothing more than written notice of suspension.