Case: Labor Arbitration/Discharge (Arb.)

Arbitrator Patricia L. Vannoy held that Alsco of Salt Lake City had just cause to discharge the grievant for dishonesty when he “settled” invoices without providing related services or obtaining the customer’s signature. Arbitrator Vannoy found the grievant had sufficient notice that violating a company policy regarding settling invoices improperly could result in immediate termination. The policy was based on common sense reasonably related to the efficient operation of the company’s business, a full and fair investigation showed that the grievant hadn’t visited the customer on the day in question, and the grievant admitted he had “messed up” by settling ...