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More on the lottery firing

Several comments posted in response to the story of Lee Schechinger, the carrier fired for playing the state lottery on his lunch break suggested that there had to be more to the story- and they were right.

According to records of the Iowa Unemployment Insurance Appeals Section, Schechinger had been a full time city carrier until he was fired in April 2005 for “falsification of United States Post Office documentation”. As the result of a “last chance” agreement, he was reinstated. The agreement required that Schechinger “be an exemplary employee and failure to meet any of the requirements as listed in his last chance agreement would result in his discharge”. Schechinger’s subsequent removal for gambling was grieved, and according to the Iowa agency, “the discharge was upheld by the union”.

Iowa Unemployment Insurance Appeals Decisions – SCHECHINGER V. US POSTAL SERVICE

This entry was posted on Saturday, September 9th, 2006 at 7:10 am and is filed under gambling, postal, stupidity. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

One Response to “More on the lottery firing”

  • 1
    Steward
    September 10th, 2006 19:16

    The Administrative Law Judge wrote: “The employer considers employees to be on duty until they clock out at the end of the day and at all times they are wearing their work uniform.”

    This was NOT the USPS position in the many FLSA lawsuits!

    Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, meal periods are compensated as work time, unless the employee is “completely relieved from duty.”