Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Illinois
''Theft'' of condiments
I work for a large cellular company. 6-7 people out of 600 employees are being questioned about the ''theft'' of sugar, sweetner and creamer packets. When questioned all parties involved admitted to having a handful of sugar, etc in their desk for personal use. The items in question are provided free to the employees by the company in the break rooms. We are in our second week of the investigation and now one of the supervisors involved has told another employee they would be letting these people go. All of these people have been with the company 7-10 years, never had any type of discipline action taken against them. We are Union and do have the union involved who say they can't fire anyone but we are scared senseless. What are your thoughts?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: ''Theft'' of condiments
Absent an employment contract saying otherwise, an employer can let go an employee for any reason or no reason at all. Here it all depends on what your collective bargaining agreement says.
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Re: ''Theft'' of condiments
My thoughts are let your union handle it. In fact you do not have any choice but to proceed that way until the grievance and appeals process are done.
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