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EAP. The grievant was removed for<br />
absenteeism. The arbitrator found the grievant<br />
guilty of excessive absenteeism and prior<br />
discipline made removal the appropriate penalty.<br />
The employer was found to have committed a<br />
procedural error. Deferral because of EAP<br />
participation was found proper, however the<br />
second meeting was not a contractually proper<br />
predisciplinary hearing. No waiver was found on<br />
the part of the union, thus the arbitrator held that<br />
the employer violated the contract and reinstated<br />
the grievant without back pay. 383<br />
The grievant was a Youth Leader 2 who had<br />
forgotten that his son’s BB Gun was put into his<br />
work bag to be taken to be repaired. While at<br />
work a youth entered the grievant’s office, took<br />
the BB gun and hid it in the facility.<br />
Management was informed <strong>by</strong> another youth and<br />
the grievant was informed the next day. He was<br />
removed for failure of good behavior, bringing<br />
contraband into an institution, and possessing a<br />
weapon or a facsimile on state property. It was<br />
proven that the grievant committed the acts<br />
alleged but removal was found to be too severe.<br />
The grievant had no intent to violate work rules,<br />
the BB gun was not operational, and the<br />
employer withdrew the charge of leaving the<br />
office door open as a basis for discipline. The<br />
grievant’s work record also warranted a<br />
reduction to a thirty day suspension. 388<br />
The grievant, a Therapeutic Program Worker,<br />
received a ten day suspension for sleeping on<br />
duty. A supervisor tried to awaken the grievant<br />
but was not successful, although the grievant had<br />
been heard talking to another employee shortly<br />
before the incident. The grievant had no prior<br />
discipline up to the time she had become a<br />
steward, when she received two verbal<br />
reprimands. Also her performance evaluations<br />
had been above average until the same time, at<br />
which point she was evaluated below average in<br />
several categories. Lastly, a paddle had been<br />
hanging in the supervisor’s lounge with the<br />
words “Union Buster” written on it. The<br />
arbitrator found that the grievant may have dozed<br />
off, but that the employer’s anti-union animus<br />
was the cause for the suspension. The paddle in<br />
the lounge was evidence of this and the employer<br />
had demonstrated reckless disregard for union<br />
relations. The arbitrator held that the employer<br />
failed to properly apply its rules, thus, there was<br />
no just cause for the 10 day suspension. The<br />
discipline was reduced to a 1 day suspension.<br />
400<br />
The grievant had failed to complete several<br />
projects properly and on time and another<br />
employer had to complete them. She had also<br />
been instructed to set projects aside and focus on<br />
one but she continued to work on several<br />
projects. The grievant had prior discipline for<br />
poor performance including a 7 day suspension.<br />
The arbitrator found that the employer had<br />
proven just cause for the removal. The grievant<br />
was proven unable to perform her job over a<br />
period of years despite prior discipline. The fact<br />
that another employee completed the projects<br />
was found to be irrelevant. Removal was found<br />
to be commensurate with the offense because of<br />
the prior discipline and the work was found to<br />
have been within the grievant’s job description<br />
and he had been offered training. Thus, the<br />
grievance was denied. 402<br />
The grievant had been a Driver’s License<br />
Examiner for 13 months. He was removed for<br />
falsification when he changed an applicant’s<br />
score from failing to passing on a Commercial<br />
Drivers’ License examination. The arbitrator<br />
found that the grievant knew he was violating the<br />
employer’s rules and rejected the union’s<br />
mitigation factors that the grievant had no prior<br />
discipline and did not benefit from his acts. The<br />
falsification of license examination scores was<br />
found serious enough to warrant removal for the<br />
first offense. The arbitrator also rejected<br />
arguments of disparate treatment. The grievance<br />
was denied. 403<br />
The grievant was a Psychiatric Attendant who<br />
had received prior discipline for refusing<br />
overtime and sleeping on duty. He refused<br />
mandatory overtime and a pre-disciplinary<br />
hearing was scheduled. Before the meeting<br />
occurred, the grievant was foundsleeping on<br />
duty. A 6 day suspension was ordered based on<br />
both incidents. The arbitrator found that despite<br />
the fact that the grievant had valid family<br />
obligations, he had a duty to inform the<br />
employer rather than merely refuse mandated<br />
overtime and, thus was insubordinate. The<br />
employer failed to meet its burden of proof as to<br />
the sleeping incident, however due to the<br />
grievant’s prior discipline a 6 day suspension<br />
was warranted for insubordination. The<br />
grievance was denied. 404<br />
The grievant was removed for misuse of his<br />
position for personal gain after his supervisor<br />
noticed that the grievant, an investigator for the