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Ohio is an at-will state. There was no legal reason we couldn't fire ***y for lying to us.
I guess we all assumed lying to the boss would disqualify her from collecting UE. It would have if we had specific language in the handbook saying you can be terminated for lying. I am just amazed that you have to specifically state that for it to be valid. We'll be adding lying, cheating, stealing, and every other misbehavior we can think of to the handbook.
Our HR person used lying instead of chronic tardiness because our handbook outlines a procedure for dismissal for tardiness. We have to go through a verbal warning, then a written warning, then unpaid suspension before we can drop the axe, and we were still on the written warning stage. She lied to keep it from going to suspension. Everyone here just assumed lying to your boss would be sufficient justification for dismissal. I still can't believe the UE people think it's OK.
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