Hott v. College of the Sequoias Cmty. Coll. Dist.
Annotate this CasePlaintiff, a former COS administrator, filed suit for declaratory relief against COS, alleging that COS placed her in the wrong “step” on the faculty academic salary schedule because it should have given her full credit for her 15 years of administrative experience. The trial court agreed with plaintiff, finding that pursuant to a handbook for administrative employees, she was entitled to year-for-year credit for her total years of employment at COS. The court agreed with COS that the trial court erred in finding that plaintiff was entitled to a salary greater than that provided for in the collective bargaining agreement. In this case, COS correctly concluded that the collective bargaining agreement applied to plaintiff and therefore she was entitled to a maximum of five years' experience in determining her step placement on the academic salary schedule. Accordingly, the court reversed the judgment and remanded.
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