tonynicotd
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I work at a landscaping company in Frederick, MD. Recently, one of our draftsmen working on an hourly basis was to leave for the weekend to Massachusettes. On the week prior to his departure, some of the office staff including myself observed him looking on websites for jobs in the Massachusettes area. We took note of the hours this was taking place and deducted it from his timecard. Aside from the websurfing, he did not finish any of the drawings that were given to him for that week. When he left for Mass., he was due to return to work on Tuesday of the following week. The Wednesday after he left he called the office and informed the manager that he would not be returning to work and was going to stay in the Massachusettes area. One of our office managers wondered if he was trying to get himself fired so he could collect unimployment benefits. What can we as a company legally do to try and recoup some\all of our losses from the week in which this draftsman was basically acting as dead weight?
Thanks in advance,
Tony Czeh
Thanks in advance,
Tony Czeh