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Appeal a state personnel action (SPRL)



 

The following forms are made available to parties for their use in SPRL appeals. The use of these forms is voluntary. Parties may use their own documents, if preferred: ​

An informal guide ("Questions and Answers: State Personnel Relations Law Appeals") is an informational resource for employees, employers, and their representatives. This guide provides a variety of information, including how to file an appeal, what types of personnel actions can be appealed, and answers to common questions about practice and procedure in SPRL cases. 

SPRL Q & A Guide

The Board prepares a summary of its SPRL decisions in case digest form (summaries of the decisions indexed by proposition of law). 

SPRL DIGES​T 1993-2008

SPRL DIGEST 2009-2016​

SPRL DIGEST 2017-2021​​


A regular, unrepresented, classified employee who is reduced, dismissed, suspended or demoted, has 30 days from the effective date of the action to appeal the matter in writing to ERB. Additionally, a State management service employee who is assigned, reassigned, or transferred (for the good of the service) or removed (due to reorganization or lack of work) has 30 days from the effective date of that action to appeal the matter in writing to ERB. Likewise, after completing trial service, a State management service employee who is disciplined by reprimand, salary reduction, suspension, demotion, removal or dismissal from the management service has 30 days to appeal the matter in writing to ERB.​


Chart of Subsequent Appellate History for SPRL Cases  (1971-current)