Journal Marxist Hacker 42's Journal: First good news since I was fired 4
The Oregon Employment Department agrees with the Union!
My benefits have been allowed because my Asperger's did not allow me to transfer information about one part of the policy being enforced to another part of the policy. Therefore, my discharge was NOT due to willful or wantonly negligent disregard of the employer's interest, and since I had NOT been warned about syncing my outlook calendar to my cell phone, the discharge was NOT for just cause.
In addition to that, it was decided that excessive personal use of the internet and the cell phone incident were two different things- and I deserved progressive discipline on BOTH.
Now all I need to do is bring this letter into the grievance meeting, and point out that I had requested *additional* training as an accommodation for my disability- which puts this squarely *outside of state policy* and into federal Americans With Disabilities Act land.
PLUS I now get unemployment for it!
My benefits have been allowed because my Asperger's did not allow me to transfer information about one part of the policy being enforced to another part of the policy. Therefore, my discharge was NOT due to willful or wantonly negligent disregard of the employer's interest, and since I had NOT been warned about syncing my outlook calendar to my cell phone, the discharge was NOT for just cause.
In addition to that, it was decided that excessive personal use of the internet and the cell phone incident were two different things- and I deserved progressive discipline on BOTH.
Now all I need to do is bring this letter into the grievance meeting, and point out that I had requested *additional* training as an accommodation for my disability- which puts this squarely *outside of state policy* and into federal Americans With Disabilities Act land.
PLUS I now get unemployment for it!
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And that, by the policy and contract, is not a firing offense unless they can prove I was hacking with it. Which they can't- because I wasn't. I should have only gotten a letter of reprimand- at worst.
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Firing ought to be the last resort.
Three months ago I was fired for disagreeable unacceptable reason. I had no effective way to oppose their decision.
I was a dispatched worker from another company than the company I was assigned to work. Their excuse was I was not fired from the dispatch company though I was fired from the company I was assigned.
I had t
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