Judge rules (CT) trooper layoffs unconstitutional
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Posted on January 16, 2012 6:52:13
A Superior Court judge has ruled that state trooper layoffs ordered by Gov. Dannel Malloy last year are unconstitutional.
Last year, 56 state police troopers were laid off during the summer after they rejected part of a concessions agreement put out by Malloy's administration to deal with the state budget deficit.
All of the state police troopers got their jobs back, collected six weeks of unemployment, which was less than their pay. But they say that's not the point. They sued because they say Malloy didn't have the authority to lay them off.
It is unclear whether the state will go along with the ruling that requires the state to compensate the troopers for lost wages.
State Attorney General George Jepson said he'll carefully go over the ruling before he decides what the state should do.