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Third Circuit: Placement on a Rehire List Not a Protected Interest
Loaded on May 24, 2019
by Kevin Bliss
Filed under:
Jail Specific,
Fair Labor Standards Act,
Guards/Staff,
Fourteenth Amendment, rights.
Location:
New Jersey.
by Kevin W. Bliss
In a precedent-setting case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that there is not a constitutionally protected property interest for civil service employees in New Jersey to remain on government rehire lists. In fact, the state Civil Servicc …
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