Summary of Issue: Refusal To See Company Doctor


Decision A-0927.96 Full Text of Decision A-0927.96

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Issue: Sub-Issue 1: Sub-Issue 2: Sub-Issue 3:
misconduct refusal to see company doctor
Summary:

FCA agreed that there was evidence upon which the Umpire, like the BOR could conclude that the claimant was guilty of misconduct. The evidence, indeed, supports the conclusion that the claimant consciously and deliberately refused to comply with his employer's direction to be tested for recertification as a welder and that this was fundamental to his employment as such.

other summary
Other Issue(s): Sub-Issue 1: Sub-Issue 2: Sub-Issue 3:
misconduct breach of rules
misconduct refusal to obey orders

Decision 23477 Full Text of Decision 23477

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Issue: Sub-Issue 1: Sub-Issue 2: Sub-Issue 3:
misconduct refusal to see company doctor
Summary:

The collective agreement clearly provides that the employer may dispute a medical certificate by having the employee in question examined by a physician of his choice. The employee refused. An employee's refusal to comply with his employer' precise directions constitutes misconduct.

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