Termination excessive for 'stupid' remark

At a meeting attended by employees at the same level, the grievor made a remark that a colleague found sexist. Because he had been disciplined earlier for a similar remark, he was terminated. The arbitrator found the remark met none of the criteria for sexual harassment and ordered him reinstated.

A lab technician at a uranium conversion refinery was fired for suggesting at a meeting that new hires should be “men only.”

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