No termination for misuse of employer cell phone

The grievor's failure to pay the personal portion of his cell-phone usage, which was permitted, was compounded by the employer's failure to provide him with a repayment plan, or even to cash his cheques. His failure to stop using the phone was insubordinate, however.

A worker for a public housing corporation was fired after he racked up more than $13,000 in charges for personal calls on his work cell phone.

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