The court also stated that the penalty imposed, termination, was not so disproportionate to Employee’s offense as to shock its sense of fairness, explaining that the evidence established that Employer’s requirement that Employee participate in processing training was not in excess of its authority.In addition, the court mentioned that Employee had not observed the rule of "work now, grieve later" and that Employee had failed to show that any exceptions to the rule applied in… [read post]

The worker presented documentation from a hospital emergency room showing that he had fainted on a subway platform on his way to the clinic and was told by a doctor not to travel for several days.Judge Garcia recommended that the charges against the employee be dismissed.Other decisions in which ignoring the principle "work now, grieve later" was a consideration include  Ferreri v. [read post]

The worker presented documentation from a hospital emergency room showing that he had fainted on a subway platform on his way to the clinic and was told by a doctor not to travel for several days.Judge Garcia recommended that the charges against the employee be dismissed.Other decisions in which ignoring the principle "work now, grieve later" was a consideration include  Ferreri v. [read post]