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What is a "cardinal" Offense?
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<blockquote data-quote="PiedmontSteward" data-source="post: 1199419" data-attributes="member: 42270"><p>Cardinal offenses are typically:</p><p></p><p>Dishonesty (stealing or stealing time)</p><p>Drinking alcoholic beverages while on duty (exact language varies supplement-to-supplement, but that's the basic premise)</p><p>Use/possession of illegal drugs while on duty</p><p>Transporting unauthorized passengers in a company vehicle (feeder or package car, unless it's a proven emergency)</p><p>Serious accident because of negligence leading to injury</p><p></p><p>These are the only types of offenses that can get you fired without the use of progressive discipline, unless it is with "just cause." You can be terminated with just cause if it's reasonable to believe the action you are or are not performing would cause you to lose your job, ie. taking a <img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> on your division manager's desk, sucker punching a PT sup, lighting a hardware cart on fire, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PiedmontSteward, post: 1199419, member: 42270"] Cardinal offenses are typically: Dishonesty (stealing or stealing time) Drinking alcoholic beverages while on duty (exact language varies supplement-to-supplement, but that's the basic premise) Use/possession of illegal drugs while on duty Transporting unauthorized passengers in a company vehicle (feeder or package car, unless it's a proven emergency) Serious accident because of negligence leading to injury These are the only types of offenses that can get you fired without the use of progressive discipline, unless it is with "just cause." You can be terminated with just cause if it's reasonable to believe the action you are or are not performing would cause you to lose your job, ie. taking a [IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG] on your division manager's desk, sucker punching a PT sup, lighting a hardware cart on fire, etc. [/QUOTE]
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