{"id":384,"date":"2019-09-19T19:23:28","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T19:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/suoaf\/?page_id=384"},"modified":"2020-09-09T14:28:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T18:28:30","slug":"just-cause","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/suoaf\/just-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"“Just Cause”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A basic principle in disciplinary cases is that management must have “just cause” to impose the discipline. Arbitrators’ decisions over the years have resulted in a kind of measuring stick — known as the “Seven Tests of Just Cause”<\/strong> — that can be applied to discipline cases.<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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“Seven Tests of Just Cause”<\/h1>\n
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  1. Was the employee adequately warned of the probable consequences of the employee’s conduct?<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Was the employer’s rule or order reasonably related to the efficient and safe operation of the job function?<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Did management investigate before administering the discipline?<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Was management’s investigation fair and objective?<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Did the investigation produce substantial evidence or proof that the employee was guilty of the offense?<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Has the employer applied its rules, orders and penalties evenly and without discrimination?<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Was the amount of discipline reasonably related to the seriousness of the offense and the employee’s past service and record? (Did the “punishment fit the crime?)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

     <\/p>\n

    If the answer to one or more of these questions is “no,” the union can argue that management did not have just cause to take the disciplinary action.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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