Details of Second Algonquin Township Road District Employee Ordered Re-Hired

Daniel Morrison was not one of those fired by Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Andrew Gasser on Day 1.

His firing this year resulted from tardiness and smoking.

Gasser instituted a “No Smoking” police on February 18, 2018.

Arbitrator Dennis McGilligan of Madison, Wisconsin, summarized his task as

  • Was Morrison dischgared for just cause?
  • If not, what is the appropriate remedy?

After the smoking policy was instated, Morrison was smoking with Andre Hoerauf in a vehicle,

Hoerauf, who has bronchitis asked Morrison to stop smoking,

Morrison refused.

After seeing Morrison smoking on the job many times, Hoerauf sent Gasser an email of complaint on January 8, 2019, including a photo of the prohibited activity.

Afterward, Gasser explained the smoke free polilcy to his employees.

Morrison continued to smoke on the job.

With union representative Dylan Stern present, Gasser fired Morrison on January 11, 2019.

Defending Morrison the union basically argued that the punishment didn’t fit the crime, that some penalty short of firing was appropriate.

Local 150 argued that enforcement of the no smoking requirement was “lax,” that “the Employer over time has condoned the violation of its smoking policy.”

Further, the union argued that the punishment should have been progressive mimssing the “written warning” step.

In defense, attorney Robert Hanlon noted that Morrison’s firing had been upnheld by an admnistrative law judge in an unemployment insurance appeal

The arbitrator decided that the written repremand for being late to work was enough punishment, that it was not cause for dismissal.

This is what he said wirth regard to the smoking violation:

Here is what will happen:

Morrison was hired by the Village of Lakewood after his dismissal from Algonquin Township.


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Details of Second Algonquin Township Road District Employee Ordered Re-Hired — 17 Comments

  1. Rules have to be followed in a fair and balanced way.
    Even the bull in the china shop needs to follow rules as he’s breaking the plates or someone will pay for his ignorance.
    Andrew Gasser is so much like Trump ya have to wonder if they share the same DNA?

  2. This is where the agenda of setting up people to destroy each other started in full force. There is NOTHING wrong with smoking. It is all lies and damn lies made up of skewed statistics and bogus science; and they got “everyone” to get on board with that train in that smokers should be ostracized. Eeew! It’s icky! The people have been lied to so much that they believe ALL the fear porn.

  3. Even Bogart would look like a complete douche, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth these days.

    Just another sampling of straight up Illinois lunacy.

  4. Oh low I.Q. Little Joey Blowhard – you never fail to amaze us !

  5. The disciplinary steps are to protect all employees including the scumbags unfortunately.

  6. A stupid comment like “…never fail to amaze me…” just shows the complete lack of critical thinking in the general public. They have no clue of the agenda or the brainwashing they have gone through for their entire life. They also have no clue as to their own demise being hastened by allowing such to go on while they play their games and “think” they are free. Go back to arguing politics, Joey, because it is ever so important in the whole big picture. (That should really throw him for a loop.)

  7. Cindy is right. Our forebears would never allow our victimization by fake courts and administrative numbskullery passing for law and jurisprudence these days.

  8. Gas Bagger bites the dust once again.

    Seems like Ground Hog Day sequel.

  9. If u can’t do your job that your hired to do guess what ? Your fired plain and simple !

    Get over it.

    Now go find another job like the common man.

    Stop fake news…

  10. Maybe I’m wrong but didn’t the watchdogs say gasser would win and not hire these guys back a similar thing happened in Edgar county the sheriff fired to guys for no reason and the watchdogs defended the sheriff well guess what the sheriff lost and Edgar tax payers paid for his stupidity

  11. Edgar county sheriff did not fire two guys. Fired one and the union defended him even though he was found guilty in federal court. Judge gave him the job back.

    Fast forward and the same deputy just got smoked in federal court and the county insurance will no longer provide insurance for that deputy. He has been stripped of police power.

    You really want to compare this with Algonquin?

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