Shah

BACKGROUND

The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court properly sustained CalHR’s demurrer based on the statute of limitations. We provide facts as reflected in Shah’s complaint.3 The State’s Employee Suggestion Program provided state employees cash awards for suggestions that saved the state money. The program awarded to an employee 20 percent of the cost savings, up to a maximum of $50,000 per suggestion. Shah, an employee of the Department of Transportation, made three cost-saving suggestions through the Employee Suggestion Program. The suggestions saved the state millions of dollars and the state recommended three awards of $50,000 for each suggestion. However, the awards were later reevaluated and denied. Shah appealed to the Board.

2 Undesignated statutory references are to the Government Code.

3 CalHR’s request for judicial notice of a minute order (exhibit A) filed in the trial court after the notice of appeal was filed in this case is denied because the order is not relevant to a material issue on appeal. (People ex rel. Lockyer v. Shamrock Foods Co. (2000) 24 Cal.4th 415, 422, fn. 2.) CalHR’s request for judicial notice of the legislative history (enactment…