Court Opinion

ID: 9688814
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 18:07:09.348872+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:18:42.429030
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KALITOWSKI, Judge,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent. The placement of an employee on an indefinite medical leave has been deemed a removal from employment under the Veterans Preference Act. See Myers v. City of Oakdale, 409 N.W.2d 848, 851 (Minn.1987) (Oakdale, by placing Myers on an indefinite medical leave, effectively removed him from his job). Here, unlike Myers, Anderson placed himself on an indefinite disability leave rather than being placed on it by his employer. Because Anderson voluntarily removed himself from employment when he requested and began receiving disability benefits, his rights under the Veterans Preference Act terminated at that time. Therefore, the city was under no obligation to provide Anderson with notice and a hearing in 1979 or when it reemployed him in 1983. I would affirm the Commissioner.