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Iowa officials are re-examining state personnel rules after a newspaper investigation revealed that 33 state employees who were fired returned to work for the state in the past five years.
The Des Moines Register examined the records of 328 state employees fired for just cause in the past five years.
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David Roederer, the head of Iowa’s Department of Management, said he’s troubled by the findings even though most of the cases where an employee is rehired involve the state’s grievance and arbitration process where the employee appealed the firing.
“I appreciate you bringing this to our attention because this as a policy should not be happening,” Roederer said.
Read the story linked above for more details. What’s your reaction?
It is not uncommon for some people to be allowed to return to work after the arbitration process. The investigative reporters at The Des Moines Register must be really bored.
More evidence that the inmates are in charge of the asylum. And Pam Jochum who says I still believe it’s a good process” should have her crayons taken away and her medications changed.
33 out of 328 employees represents around 10% of the examined sample, which falls well within the “loose filter” used by most human resource organizations that support non-secure businesses. It isn’t a shockingly large number. What should be of concern is the cost of these “mistakes” (i.e.,have any of the sacked employees repeated their original offenses?) versus the cost of implementing a corrective action (higher screening standards for prospective employees) in the state HR system. It may be that the best thing is to do nothing to close this “re-hire” opening.
Prior to my retirement from a private company I once hired someone who had been previously terminated by my company. I contacted the person who had terminated him to get the “inside story” and eventually concluded that he was the best person for the job I needed filled. That’s all that matters. If you, as the one doing the hiring, thinks that a person is the best one for the job, you make them an offer – period. FYI – I was right. He did a great job.
“even though most of the cases where an employee is rehired involve the state’s grievance and arbitration process where the employee appealed the firing”
‘Nuff said.