Leave of Absence?

[Bailey8083]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Oregon


Leave of absence?

My fiance is a high school varsity basketball coach. For the past 2 years he has had trouble with the new Athletic Director, undermining every decision he makes.

The Athletic Director is a small caucasian male who is an alumni of the school and a bit of a legend there. My fianc is a 6'6 African American who is currently only working at the school as the coach.

Recently, the Athletic Director has started to harass him through email and text message. The emails and texts are constant throughout the day while my fiance is at his main job and unable to respond.

Last week was the first week of the basketball season. It incorporated 4 days of try-outs. On the last day of try-outs, the Athletic Director met my fianc in the AD office and began to yell at my fiance, pointing his finger in my fiance's face. This caused my fiance to react by yelling at the Athletic Director also. Long story short, both men where yelling. No cussing, no physical touching.

The following day, my fiancé was called into the principal's office. They did not offer for him to have a union rep present. When he arrived, an HR rep was there. The principal took my fianc's side of the story and then placed him on "leave" until the investigation is over. They had him sign a paper stating that he will stay off the school grounds until the investigation is over. The Athletic Director was not placed on leave.

I am curious, in Oregon....
Do they legally need to offer you Union Representation?
Since the Athletic Director was equally involved, with no witnesses, should he be on leave too?

 

[Silverplum]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Oregon


Leave of absence?

My fiance is a high school varsity basketball coach. For the past 2 years he has had trouble with the new Athletic Director, undermining every decision he makes.

The Athletic Director is a small caucasian male who is an alumni of the school and a bit of a legend there. My fianc is a 6'6 African American who is currently only working at the school as the coach.

Recently, the Athletic Director has started to harass him through email and text message. The emails and texts are constant throughout the day while my fiance is at his main job and unable to respond.

Last week was the first week of the basketball season. It incorporated 4 days of try-outs. On the last day of try-outs, the Athletic Director met my fianc in the AD office and began to yell at my fiance, pointing his finger in my fiance's face. This caused my fiance to react by yelling at the Athletic Director also. Long story short, both men where yelling. No cussing, no physical touching.

The following day, my fiancé was called into the principal's office. They did not offer for him to have a union rep present. When he arrived, an HR rep was there. The principal took my fianc's side of the story and then placed him on "leave" until the investigation is over. They had him sign a paper stating that he will stay off the school grounds until the investigation is over. The Athletic Director was not placed on leave.

I am curious, in Oregon....
Do they legally need to offer you Union Representation?
Since the Athletic Director was equally involved, with no witnesses, should he be on leave too?

RE: the bolded: What's your point?

And your Big Man can't ask his own questions about his own problem? *Unimpressed*

 

[justalayman]

Is he a member of the union?

Anytime a union member is addressed in a disciplinary fashion he is allowed to exercise his Weingarten rights and
Have a union representative present. The onus is on the employee to ask for a representative. The employer does not have to remind the employee of his rights. If your fiancé failed to demand a union rep be there, it's
On your fiancé.

 

[Chyvan]

his main job

placed him on "leave"

If the leave causes him to earn less than he'd get on Oregon's partial unemployment along with his main job, then he needs to file for unemployment.

 

[commentator]

Not a highly likely scenario that working a full time job he'd in any way qualify for partial unemployment based on being put off from a part time side job. Also, schools being as they are, they school system may have worked it out to pay him for this coaching in some non unemployment covered way. They do that a lot.

As a very part time coach, I also doubt if he was a member of the teacher's union, unless it was through his regular day job.

Also, if he was a union member, why has he not been discussing these harassing emails and text messages, etc. with them? Had he ever indicated to anyone in higher management or HR or above this athletic director that they were having a problem?

Even if somebody is all in your face and all over you and yells at you, even if YOU are 5'6" and THEY are 6'6", you do not meet force with force, (He yelled at me so I can yell back at him. He hit me so I can hit him back.) you behave professionally. It is up to whomever is in charge, in this case the principal, to decide what to do. There are no legal requirements that both parties be treated equally, or fairly, or both suspended if one is. If your fiancé is in a union and it covers this situation, then your fiance was the one who should've requested representation from the union before he went into this meeting.