Case: Labor Arbitration/Failure to Accommodate (Arb.)

Arbitrator Joseph Cannavo, Jr. ruled that Security Assurance Management, Inc. didn’t have just cause to issue a first written warning to the grievant, a nursing mother, for breaking an attendance rule by calling out on a Saturday when her supervising captain didn’t reschedule her lunch break in order for her to pump breast milk, and that the captain failed to conduct a fair and complete investigation before issuing the discipline. The grievant wasn’t given an opportunity to explain the circumstances that led to her absences, she wasn’t previously warned or counseled about her attendance, and she had no history of ...