OFFENSE

EMPLOYER’S PENALTY

RESULT ON APPEAL

DESCRIPTION

CASE NAME

Dishonesty

Termination

Termination

Firefighter fraudulently claimed that his former live-in girlfriend was his wife on his employer’s health insurance system. Employee was subject to a “last-chance” agreement, and dishonesty with respect to insurance cost the City approximately $17,600 in premiums.

City of Wyandotte, LAIG 6301 (Finkel, 2005).

Performance Of Duty

Termination

3-Month Suspension

Sergeant with 19 years of service left work on three different occasions during the midnight shift (when he was the only supervisor on duty) to visit his girlfriend’s house for several hours. Punishment mitigated based on disparate treatment of similarly-situated employees, and Arbitrator concluded that “at worst, the sergeant was guilty of committing an error of judgment.”

Town of Salem, New Hampshire, LAIG 6322 (Altman, 2006).

Secondary Employment

30-Day Suspension

No Discipline

Officer charged with working off duty without permission. Employer failed to comply with provision of local government code that required specific notice be given of appeal rights when discipline is issued.

City of Laredo, LAIG 6309 (Moore, 2005).