Title
Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Labor Appeal
Docket No.: OAL Docket Number CSV 01958-2017N
Appellant: Devon Young
Appellant's Attorney: Lynsey A. Stehling, Esq.
Attorney's Address: Law Offices of Daniel J. Zirrith, LLC., 241 Forsgate Drive, Suite 109, Monroe Township, New Jersey 08831
Settlement Amount: $30,000.00
Funding Source: Judgment Fund
Additional Comments:
Invitation: Acting Corporation Counsel
Deferred 7R6-d 072118
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WHEREAS, Appellant Devon Young (hereinafter "Young") filed an appeal in the Office of Administrative Law ("OAL"), through her union, Local Council 21, challenging her December 23, 2013 termination as a Public Safety Telecommunicator Trainee ("PST Trainee") with the City of Newark, Department of Public Safety (hereinafter "City") (collectively referred to as the "Parties"); and
WHEREAS, the City did not provide Young with an administrative hearing prior to her termination during her working test period; and
WHEREAS, at the request of the Parties, the Civil Service Commission held the matter in abeyance. Based on the Parties' inability to reach a settlement, the matter was transferred to OAL under Docket Number CSV 01958-2017N. A trial was scheduled for August 7, 2017; and
WHEREAS, the Parties have determined that it is in their respective best interests to amicably resolve this matter without admission or adjudication of fact or law with the attached Settlement Agreement and General Release ("Settlement"); and
WHEREAS, as part of the settlement between the Parties, Young agrees to withdraw her OAL appeal and provide the City with a full release regarding the facts and circumstances related to the December 23, 2013 termination.
WHEREAS, in return for this release, the City agrees to allow Young to return to her former title as a PST Trainee. Young must pas...
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