NASHVILLE – Layoffs of dozens of state workers will now proceed after a Nashville judge this morning dissolved her temporary restraining order.
Davidson county Circuit Court Judge Amanda McClendon ruled against the Tennessee State Employees Association and a group of workers who filed suit earlier this month to prevent the Haslam administration from laying off the employees.
The employees group argued the administration denied workers’ their right to have access to the state’s online database of job listings during most of the 60-day layoff notice period.
In lifting the injunction she handed down June 10, mcClendon said “it’s obvious the state will suffer” if the stay continued.
She said employees have no property right to the positions and the state was within its rights in actions it took.