against Wilkinson in retaliation for his refusal to clean a contaminated safe at the -1.2-9) provided that the commission would have final appointive authority over all crime lab positions, thereby rendering them "classified” positions. The 1994 amendments to § 12-1.2-6 provided that, effective on the date of its passage, all positions in the crime lab "shall be considered limited appointment positions” and that URI would have the authority to make such appointments, thereby converting lab employees into nonclassified appointments and removing them from the Personnel Appeals Board jurisdiction. See Newman, 688 A.2d at 1303. 10 . It should be noted that § 36-4-59 is titled “Tenure in state service.” 11 . See also Perry v. Sindermann, 408 U.S. 593, 92 S.Ct. 2694, 33 L.Ed.2d 570 (1972) (<HOLDING>). "A person's interest in a benefit is a
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