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A continuing pattern of insubordination and poor work with no mitigating circumstances results in a recommendation that the employee be terminated

A continuing pattern of insubordination and poor work with no mitigating circumstances results in a recommendation that the employee be terminated
Matter of the NYC Department of Law v Lawrence, OATH Index #1312/10

Ingrid Addison, an OATH Administrative Law Judge, recommended that a workers' compensation benefit examiner, Kevin Lawrence, employed at the New York City Law Department be terminated from his position.

Judge Addison found that Lawrence had ?a huge backlog of overdue authorizations and bills that he failed to process.? She also found the Lawrence had caused payments to be erroneously made on controverted workers? compensation claims.

Lawrence was also found guilty of acting in a threatening manner towards his supervisor and persistently refusing to follow her orders.

In the words of the Administrative Law Judge, ?I find that respondent refused to follow his supervisor?s instructions on multiple occasions, engaged in intimidating behavior, and performed his duties in a negligent manner.?

The decision is posted on the Internet at: http://archive.citylaw.org/oath/10_Cases/10-1312.pdf

Full post as published by New York Public Personnel Law on April 28, 2010 (boomark / email).