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Re: Job Insurance? An investment portfolio or a second marketable skill
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 02-27-2011 - 19:03
Dr Zarkoff Wrote:
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> The only thing I can add is that it may take years
> to exhaust the process of determining the
> propriety and applicability of any discipline
> assessed. Some cases are ultimately in favor of
> the employee, others aren't (recent cases I know
> of took nearly 3 years each; in one the employee
> won, the other, the employee lost). Job insurance
> tides the affeced individual over while not
> working (it may keep you from losing your house
> and/or family, never mind the car).
The record that I know of was for a switchman who was off for 7 years before he finally got back. However, the board ultimately ruled in his favor, and his reinstatement check from the railroad was enormous.
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> The only thing I can add is that it may take years
> to exhaust the process of determining the
> propriety and applicability of any discipline
> assessed. Some cases are ultimately in favor of
> the employee, others aren't (recent cases I know
> of took nearly 3 years each; in one the employee
> won, the other, the employee lost). Job insurance
> tides the affeced individual over while not
> working (it may keep you from losing your house
> and/or family, never mind the car).
The record that I know of was for a switchman who was off for 7 years before he finally got back. However, the board ultimately ruled in his favor, and his reinstatement check from the railroad was enormous.
