The grievor was terminated from her employment as a correctional officer when she admitted having forged her doctor’s signature on nine medical certificates – the grievor’s attendance was being monitored as part of an attendance management program, and she was required to submit medical certificates to justify her absences – during a meeting with her supervisor in the context of the attendance management program, the employer questioned her about the signatures on the medical certificates, and she admitted that she had signed them – the previous year, the grievor had been suspended for five days as a result of her involvement with an inmate – normally such an involvement would result in termination if the employee did not resign, but the Warden decided to give her another chance – the employer, in considering its options with respect to the new infraction, decided to terminate her since the bond of trust had been broken, she had committed a criminal offence and it was her second serious misconduct – the adjudicator held that the grievor had unequivocally broken the bond of trust that is crucial to the employer-employee relationship – the forgery was a criminal offence that on its own justified termination – when coupled with her previous serious misconduct, her brief employment history and the lack of medical evidence about her state of mind at the time, the adjudicator was unable to reinstate her.

Grievance dismissed.