Arbitrator believes worker’s story that he was feeling better after calling in sick and reinstates him; previous discipline was unrelated
A technician who was fired by TELUS for allegedly faking sick must be reinstated, an Alberta arbitrator has ruled. Alberta Arbitration Board member Alan Beattie, Q.C., found insufficient evidence that Jarrod Underwood, 25, deceived his employer, even though a supervisor witnessed him playing slo-pitch several hours after he called in sick.
