Government worker spiked water cooler with chlorine
OTTAWA — A 27-year government employee found to have spiked an office water cooler with chlorine lost his bid to have his dismissal overturned recently.
Keven Knox was working at a Canadian Food Inspection Agency lab in Ottawa in September 2011 but was terminated nine months later when it was determined he had used the chlorine, according to the Ottawa Citizen.
Knox filed a grievance but the Public Service Relations Board determined the decision to suspend and then fire Knox was reasonable and necessary.
While Knox denied putting bleach in the water, video surveillance suggested otherwise.
“The grievor was observed on security video pursuing a course of actions in the workplace that implicated him in an incident that jeopardized the health and safety of his co-workers,” said adjudicator Bryan Gray.
