Grievance Information Detail

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Contract Violations

Holding

MODIFIED. Grievant's ten (10) day suspension for sleeping on the job was reduced to one (1) day considering her long seniority and good work record.  A mandatory penalty which does not permit factors specific to the particular employee to be considered is facially unjust. No testimony was adduced about the rationale of the alleged rule or how the rule was applied in the case of this grievant. A ten day suspension against an employee with long seniority and a good work record for a first offense strikes the arbitrator as punitive and failing to be corrective in purpose.