Case: Labor Arbitration/Discharge (Arb.)

Standard Furniture, an importer and distributor of furniture, had just cause to discharge the grievant for attempting to steal company property, even though he was not in possession of such property when he was apprehended by the police, as he was caught in the warehouse “after hours” with no credible explanation, Arbitrator Barry J. Baroni ruled. There is an abundance of incriminating circumstantial evidence surrounding the grievant’s three after-hours forays on and off company property, his attempts to explain them away were totally self-serving and unbelievable, and hearsay testimony from other employees regarding the grievant’s theft of furniture was credible ...