Case: Labor Arbitration/Discharge (Arb.)

Arbitrator David P. Mudrick ruled that while a town had reason to severely discipline the grievant police officer for verbal harassment of a female co-worker and saying inappropriate comments to a Jewish co-worker, the proven conduct didn’t rise to the level of discharge, as the town government argued. The town was able to prove most, but not all, of its allegations. As a result, Arbitrator Mudrick sustained the grievance in part and denied it in part, ordering the town to convert the discharge into an unpaid suspension along with a final warning regarding the harassment of the grievant’s fellow officers. ...