The grievor had been assigned to a relatively junior job while he awaited a posting. He was bored and started to surf to porn sites on the web. When the employer found out, he was fired. The arbitrator reinstated him without back pay, pointing to his long, clean record and the failure of the employer to supervise him.
A senior analyst and policy advisor with more than 25 years in the public service was fired for inappropriate use of government property after it was discovered that he was using the Internet at work to look at pornographic images.
