FPSLREB Decisions

Suspension without pay during investigation (1.5 months) - Termination - Changes to taxpayers' files leading to the issuing of tax refunds to which the taxpayers in question were not entitled - the grievor was suspended without pay while the employer conducted an investigation into changes to taxpayers' files resulting in tax refunds to which the taxpayers in question were not entitled - the investigation lasted a month and one half - further to the investigation, the employer terminated the grievor's employment - the grievor grieved both her suspension and her dismissal - the employer argued that it had demonstrated the misconduct of which the employee had been accused on a balance of probabilities - the grievor responded that the employer's evidence was circumstantial and speculative - the adjudicator found that the employer had demonstrated the grievor's misconduct on a balance of probabilities - he evaluated the grievor's evidence and found it vague and contradictory - there were no circumstances that would have permitted the adjudicator to substitute a sanction other than dismissal - the grievor did not make any representations with regard to the merit of her suspension without pay and the parties argued that the grievance on that matter was ancillary to that contesting the termination. Grievances dismissed. .