[Vision2020] tort claim vs. the Latah County Sheriff's
Office
Bogey
bogar@moscow.com
Tue, 27 Jan 2004 15:27:27 -0800
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According to the article (or my scan of it this a.m.) Kwate cited actions=20
on the part of the sheriff's office that could very well be construed as=20
creating a hostile work environment for this particular employee--the=20
demotion/position change which lead to 6 or 9k loss in salary.. (I can't=20
recall exact numbers).
I'd say if they (Kwate and the officer in question) can provide=20
documentation (i.e. employee evals and such) that would lead the courts to=
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believe PRIOR to the employee's political announcement he was considered a=
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solid employee.. they may well have the sheriff's office under the=20
proverbial gun.
The passive/agressive tactic of 'making the employee miserable' is too=20
often used in an attempt to lose an employee when one can't list valid=20
reasons for an out and out termination. As courts are prone to do.. one=20
can assume they will be taking all facts into consideration when deciding=20
validity of the claim.
I wish both sides a fair review.
CBogar
At 03:09 PM 1/27/2004 -0800, Debbie Gray wrote:
>Anyone read the article in the LMT about the recent tort claim filed by an
>ex-employee of the sheriff's office? Any ideas? Opinions?
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>Or is this distracting the flogging of the horse in perpetuity?
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>Debbie
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<font size=3D3>According to the article (or my scan of it this a.m.) Kwate
cited actions on the part of the sheriff's office that could very well be
construed as creating a hostile work environment for this particular
employee--the demotion/position change which lead to 6 or 9k loss in
salary.. (I can't recall exact numbers). <br><br>
I'd say if they (Kwate and the officer in question) can provide
documentation (i.e. employee evals and such) that would lead the courts
to believe PRIOR to the employee's political announcement he was
considered a solid employee.. they may well have the sheriff's office
under the proverbial gun.<br><br>
The passive/agressive tactic of 'making the employee miserable' is too
often used in an attempt to lose an employee when one can't list
valid reasons for an out and out termination. As courts are prone
to do.. one can assume they will be taking all facts into consideration
when deciding validity of the claim.<br><br>
I wish both sides a fair review.<br><br>
CBogar<br><br>
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At 03:09 PM 1/27/2004 -0800, Debbie Gray wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=3Dcite class=3Dcite cite>Anyone read the article in the LMT
about the recent tort claim filed by an<br>
ex-employee of the sheriff's office? Any ideas? Opinions?<br><br>
Or is this distracting the flogging of the horse in perpetuity?<br><br>
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