silvertooth
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I am not passing judgment by any means, but I have heard some very specific stories from reliable sources stating the Vanderpol's both Dave and Ed were pretty heavy into drugs at one time. Specifically Hallucinogens and Marijuana.
Seems kind of hypocritical to fire employees for failing a single drug test, when they were smoking joints on the docks in the 70's don't you think? You got your signs touting your "drug free company" yet you show no compassion to those who may have done far less than you. I am not saying that you should have strung out Meth addicts driving your trucks, but say a dockworker smokes a joint at a new year celebration and fails a drug test two weeks later seems a little harsh..
To me allot of things Oak Harbor does seem harsh, I don't understand the attendance policy you can view it here Oak Harbor Human Resources Center Home Page (it is attached to the end of the contract pdf APPENDIX H – ATTENDANCE POLICY)
I don't know how they got it in there because it in some scenario's prevents members from using their sick leave as allowed in the contract. At OHFL to be paid for a sick day you must be absent two days and then paid on your third. So I wake up with a sore throat and I call in sick thats one occurrence, the next day I don't feel any better so I call in another occurrence, mind you I am not getting paid for these days either. The next day I am getting better but don't want risk infecting my co workers so I call in once more. 3rd Occurrence- Verbal warning with written documentation.
Now if I am to call in for any reason in the next nine months I will get a written letter and next a suspension and then be terminated. This is simply a plan to deny the members there sick pay by intimidation.
Terminated for calling in sick 6 times in 9 months! The guy still has sick pay left WTF! He has only used four paid days. Not to mention that this could be used to abuse members, and show favoritism, I know thats exactly what it did when I worked there.
Seriously no company that I know of has a policy this harsh, union or not in any industry.
But its in YOUR contract!
Seems kind of hypocritical to fire employees for failing a single drug test, when they were smoking joints on the docks in the 70's don't you think? You got your signs touting your "drug free company" yet you show no compassion to those who may have done far less than you. I am not saying that you should have strung out Meth addicts driving your trucks, but say a dockworker smokes a joint at a new year celebration and fails a drug test two weeks later seems a little harsh..
To me allot of things Oak Harbor does seem harsh, I don't understand the attendance policy you can view it here Oak Harbor Human Resources Center Home Page (it is attached to the end of the contract pdf APPENDIX H – ATTENDANCE POLICY)
I don't know how they got it in there because it in some scenario's prevents members from using their sick leave as allowed in the contract. At OHFL to be paid for a sick day you must be absent two days and then paid on your third. So I wake up with a sore throat and I call in sick thats one occurrence, the next day I don't feel any better so I call in another occurrence, mind you I am not getting paid for these days either. The next day I am getting better but don't want risk infecting my co workers so I call in once more. 3rd Occurrence- Verbal warning with written documentation.
Now if I am to call in for any reason in the next nine months I will get a written letter and next a suspension and then be terminated. This is simply a plan to deny the members there sick pay by intimidation.
Terminated for calling in sick 6 times in 9 months! The guy still has sick pay left WTF! He has only used four paid days. Not to mention that this could be used to abuse members, and show favoritism, I know thats exactly what it did when I worked there.
Seriously no company that I know of has a policy this harsh, union or not in any industry.
But its in YOUR contract!