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We had an employee (***y) who was chronically late to work. ***y was warned several times that he/she needed to show up on time. About 2 months ago ***y showed up 1 1/2 hours late. ***y said he/she was in a minor car accident on the way to work and it took the police that long to do their report and release him/her. We checked with the police and they had no record of anyone being dispatched to the area at the time ***y claimed he/she had the accident. Over the course of a couple of weeks we repeatedly asked ***y to bring us the police report. After two weeks of asking for the report our HR person confronted ***y.
***y confessed to lying to us about why he/she was late and was fired on the spot.

Today I get this email from our HR person:
***y applied for unemployment benefits after being dismissed. We got the determination back from the Unemployment Bureau that ***y was discharged unfairly because lying to your supervisor is not specifically prohibited in our handbook. ***y will be receiving unemployment benefits and our insurance rate will go up. We have to update the employee handbook. I will get something out to you both this week for your approval.