Fed staffer axed for porn habit back on job

[TheDeathMessage]

OTTAWA - A federal bureaucrat fired for his workplace porn habit is back at work, QMI Agency has learned.
Franklin Andrews, a policy adviser at Citizenship and Immigration Canada got his walking papers in November 2009 for spending work hours surfing porn websites.

But the union appealed the firing and the Public Service Labour Relations Board ordered him reinstated in early August.

The decision came down after an internal investigation found 335 sexual images stored on Andrew's work computer, including images showing bondage,according to labour board documents.

He also admitted to spending between 50% and 100% of his work hours between September and November 2008 and May and August 2009 finding the pictures on photo-sharing sites such as Flickr. After his superiors confronted him, Andrews admitted what he had done, but argued “he was acting through boredom and insufficient work,” the labour board decision said.

The decision also noted other department employees were working overtime while Andrews surfed the web. “Rehabilitation and correction should also be important considerations in determining the quantum of discipline. Discipline should not be so heavy-handed that those goals are lost,” labour board adjudicator Kate Rogers wrote in her decision to re-hire the civil servant.

She also found the Andrews’ managers failed to manage their employee and cited the bureaucrat’s length of service, clear disciplinary record and acceptance of responsibility as mitigating factors.

Nor could Andrews be accused of stealing time from his employers, she argued, because he never falsified time sheets or time cards.
For those reasons, Rogers ruled the time he spent out of work was punishment enough.

It’s a decision that didn't please Immigration Minister Jason Kenney.

“The decision to reinstate this individual back into the public service is an insult to taxpayers and undermines public trust in the civil service,”said Candice Malcolm, a spokeswoman for the minister.

“Government employees are expected to make efficient use of their time and be productive in their roles.”

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/09/08/fed-staffer-axed-for-porn-habit-back-on-job

Now what uch:

 

[vampyre4blood]

Chunky, was that you?.

 

[brokenlover381]

I thought you were pro union?. You see the truth now?.

 

[Ted M P]

The dude admitted it all and he gets away with it. Something is not right here. Other staff were doing overtime and he said he had nothing to do.

Our government is fucked up and we us tax payers are paying his salary???

 

[VampyreGirl123]

The truth? Of course he agrees with the reinstatement. I mean, if the guy was getting paid to do nothing and had all this time, he SHOULD be allowed to.....

But, the union does have a point though about if the managers properly managed the area he wouldn't have all this spare time. I have been on jobs where I was working until 11 every night just to keep ahead and others doing the same job were leaving at 4 everyday. (and before you wankers chime in, it was because I was handling 40% of the business and they were handling 10% each).



That's not our government, that's the problem with CBAs and unions. Believe me, I've encountered this in many different non-government companies. I've even seen guys pulling double their weight get laid off when work slows and old timers doing nothing be kept on....that's the way unions work.

 

[Dave J]

I say bullshit to that. I/we as tax payers should call and appeal it. Can we, do we want to spend our free time fighting this.


I guess not. Tboy you can blame the managers but he as a government employee should have said "anyone needs help".

 

[Anastasia]

I was more surprised that it was a woman who made the call. I guess she must like porn.

 

[Nine]

yeah, ok, when cows can fly.....a government union person volunteering for anything? lol....now there are thousands of hard working people who are members of a union but I have YET to see a government union employee who isn't a miserable SOB who wants to do the barest minimum for their pay.