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| misconduct |
breaches of company policy |
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Summary:
The dismissal by the employer was that the claimant used the company’s computer system inappropriately and sent many emails with sexual content to other employees. He accessed a number of Internet sites with sexual and pornographic content. Such use of the computer system was against the company Code of Conduct. Disciplinary measures were imposed on some fifteen other employees for the same conduct. The claimant acknowledged that he accessed sexual sites somewhat accidentally and not seriously. He also acknowledged that in October 2008, he sent a joke e-mail of an erotic nature to his supervisor. The employer added that the claimant signed an agreement for a one-year suspension. The claimant indicated that he accepted the alleged facts and the decision for a one-year suspension because otherwise he would have been dismissed. The appeal by the Umpire.
| Issue: |
Sub-Issue 1: |
Sub-Issue 2: |
Sub-Issue 3: |
| misconduct |
dereliction of duty |
Internet misuse |
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Summary:
The dismissal by the employer was that the claimant used the company’s computer system inappropriately and sent many emails with sexual content to other employees. He accessed a number of Internet sites with sexual and pornographic content. Such use of the computer system was against the company Code of Conduct. Disciplinary measures were imposed on some fifteen other employees for the same conduct. The claimant acknowledged that he accessed sexual sites somewhat accidentally and not seriously. He also acknowledged that in October 2008, he sent a joke e-mail of an erotic nature to his supervisor. The employer added that the claimant signed an agreement for a one-year suspension. The claimant indicated that he accepted the alleged facts and the decision for a one-year suspension because otherwise he would have been dismissed. The appeal by the Umpire.
| Issue: |
Sub-Issue 1: |
Sub-Issue 2: |
Sub-Issue 3: |
| misconduct |
misconduct |
suspension * |
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Summary:
The dismissal by the employer was that the claimant used the company’s computer system inappropriately and sent many emails with sexual content to other employees. He accessed a number of Internet sites with sexual and pornographic content. Such use of the computer system was against the company Code of Conduct. Disciplinary measures were imposed on some fifteen other employees for the same conduct. The claimant acknowledged that he accessed sexual sites somewhat accidentally and not seriously. He also acknowledged that in October 2008, he sent a joke e-mail of an erotic nature to his supervisor. The employer added that the claimant signed an agreement for a one-year suspension. The claimant indicated that he accepted the alleged facts and the decision for a one-year suspension because otherwise he would have been dismissed. The appeal by the Umpire.
