Evidence can’t support firing for impairment

Two supervisors presented subjective and inconsistent testimony that the grievor had been intoxicated at work. The arbitrator held that, while they were justified in sending him home, his termination could not be supported.

A transit worker was relieved of duty and sent home after a supervisor smelled alcohol on his breath. He was fired the next day for being impaired at work. The union grieved.

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