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: New York Public Personnel LawForging a medical note to excuse absence
Admin. for Children's Services v. Murray, OATH Index No. 2515/08
A clerical associate admitted forging a doctor's note to excuse a three-day absence after he was involved in a car accident. Noting that falsifying medical documents constitutes serious misconduct, ALJ John Spooner recommended termination, despite the employee's forthright admission and acknowledgment of his wrongful behavior.
The fabrication of the medical note was calculated to deceive the employee's supervisors into thinking he was treated for injuries that prevented him from working, which Judge Spooner found to be "an utter falsehood."
[For the full text of the decision, click on the title of the decision.]
Full post as published by New York Public Personnel Law on October 30, 2008 (boomark / email).
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