(a) No employee in the classified service may be demoted, dismissed, suspended, or reduced in pay without just cause.
(b) Any employee in the classified service who has been demoted, suspended, dismissed, or reduced in pay, shall be entitled to receive a written statement of the reasons for such action from the appointing authority within three working days, and he or she shall have three working days time thereafter within which to file an answer in writing thereto. A copy of such charges and answer shall be filed with the personnel director. In the event the employee files an answer, a copy of the written charges and of such answer shall be transmitted by the personnel director to the personnel board. Within 10 working days from the date of the filing of his or her answer to the written charges, or in the event such written charges have not been made available to him or her within the time prescribed, then within 10 working days after the action taken to demote, suspend, dismiss, or reduce the pay of the employee, he or she may file a written demand with the personnel director, requesting a hearing before the personnel board. The board shall then investigate the case and conduct a hearing as provided by this part and by the rules. Hearings shall be informally conducted and the rules of evidence need not apply.
(c) This section shall not apply to reductions in pay which are part of a general plan to reduce salary and wages as an economy measure or as part of a general curtailment program; provided, however, that the reductions in pay which are part of a general plan to reduce salaries and wages as an economy measure or as part of a general curtailment program shall be prorated to all employees in the classified service.
(d) The action of the personnel board after hearing pursuant to this section shall be final and conclusive; provided, however, that the action of the personnel board pursuant to such hearing may be reviewed by the Circuit Court of Etowah County upon the filing, by either the employee or the appointing authority, in the circuit court of the county of a petition for writ of certiorari directed to the personnel board and provided that the petition is filed by the employee or the appointing authority within 30 days from the date the decision of the personnel board has been rendered.
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