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Disciplining Dishonest Employees: Protecting the Public Fisc and Preserving a Public Employer's Image

Manuel A. Valenzuela, Management Services Division, Los Angeles County Counsel's Office

Abstract

Employers must appropriately investigate and document dishonest misconduct and its impact on the public service in order to ensure success against administrative and judicial challenge. This article serves as a discussion of issues that should be considered by public employers when disciplining dishonest employees and an overview of case law arising from such discipline.

Subject Area

Administrative Law, Agency, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Employment Practice, Labor Law

Recommended Citation

Manuel A. Valenzuela, "Disciplining Dishonest Employees: Protecting the Public Fisc and Preserving a Public Employer's Image" (February 2004). California Public Employee Relations (CPER) Papers. CPER Selected Publications. Working Paper 4.
http://law.bepress.com/cperselect/papers/art4

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