Complaints to County Commissioners from former employees
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From: Donna Ward [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 2:50 PM To: Dist1, John Manning; Dist2, Cecil Pendergrass; Dist3, Larry Kiker; Dist4, Brian Hamman; Dist5, Frank Mann Subject: Hostile Work Environment/Retaliation Dear Commissioners: On April 25, 2014, Glenn Johnson and I submitted separately to the County Manager a hostile work environment complaint against assistant county manager Christine Brady. Since submitting my complaint, I have continued to be treated in a hostile manner and retaliated against by both the County Manager and Christine Brady. The environment has become so toxic that it has adversely affected my health to the point that I requested FMLA effective June 17, 2014 and have been referred by my family doctor to a specialist. The same day I requested FMLA leave a volunteer attempted to reach me concerned about my well-being. They informed me that my county cellular phone was no longer in service. Later the same day the LCDAS office manager notified me of paperwork my doctor would need to complete relating to my FMLA leave request. I asked him to put the forms on my desk and that I would stop by later that evening to pick up. When I arrived at the shelter, my swipe card would not work. I used my keys to gain access into the building to retrieve my FMLA paperwork. At that point I was concerned if I had been terminated from use of county property. I tried to log onto citrix from home but could not do so. When I contacted Sprint, they informed me that the county requested my phone be deactivated. All my county accesses were immediately deactivated including my county cellular, computer access and my swipe card to gain entry into the building before the County even received FMLA certification paperwork from my doctor. I was given no advance notice before the deactivation occurred and as a valued dedicated employee should have had to find out by a Sprint employee that my employer deactivated my county cellular. When the appropriate County departments were notified by county administration to deactivate my county access, employees now assume I was terminated which is not the case. I can understand why they may think termination because no county employee with the exception of me have ever had their county accesses terminated while on FMLA. It is inexcusable to have my reputation tarnished and be singled out, treated differently and unfairly than all other county employees on FMLA leave. It is a clear act of retaliation by my supervisors. I sent an email to Christine Brady and the management team on Monday notifying them that I would be beginning FMLA leave on Tuesday and that the deputy director Glenn Johnson, would be acting director during my absence. However, Dave Harner has been assigned the interim department director for Animal Services until my return. I must again ask why Animal Services is being singled out by the County Manager and his overriding standard practice and policy that when a director is on leave for any reason their deputy director is in charge. Glenn is more than
Complaints to County Commissioners from former employees
Complaints to County Commissioners from former employees
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From: Donna Ward [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday,
June 18, 2014 2:50 PM
To: Dist1, John Manning; Dist2, Cecil Pendergrass; Dist3, Larry
Kiker; Dist4, Brian Hamman; Dist5, Frank
Mann Subject: Hostile Work Environment/Retaliation
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