Gov. Cooper must give fired state workers their jobs back, judge rules
RALEIGH -- The legislature’s recent moves to limit Gov. Roy Cooper’s power led to Cooper illegally firing multiple state workers during his first days in office, a judge has found.
If the rulings are upheld, taxpayers will have to pay thousands of dollars to those employees, and Cooper will have to offer them their old jobs within the governor’s office back. They were hired under former Republican Gov. Pat McCrory.
It’s the latest development in the battle between the Democratic governor and the Republicans who control the N.C. General Assembly.
The cases involve at least three people fired from the Office of State Human Resources days after Cooper was sworn in, who then went to court to get their jobs back.
Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article181040271.html
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