Arbitrator Reinstates PMA Member at Santa Clara Valley Water District

A Professional Management Association (PMA) member who was wrongly terminated last year has been reinstated at the Santa Clara Valley Water District with eight months of back pay. After Skelly and arbitration hearings, an independent arbitrator sided with the Union.

Arbitrator Joseph Duffy stated in his January 24 decision, “Based on the entire record submitted by the parties, I find that the employer did not have just cause to terminate the grievant’s employment. Therefore, I find that the appropriate remedy is to rescind the termination, reinstate the grievant to the position that he held at the time of his termination, and make the grievant whole for lost wages and benefits.”

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