Franklin Co., Ill. (ECWd) –
During internal investigations in IDOT District 9, several issues were discovered, and discipline issued to workers. The original complaint included:
- Timecard abuse by one individual who routinely arrived late to work, falsified his timesheet, and management was aware of it and allowed it to occur
- Theft of equipment recovered from the side of the highway, including a trailer and go-cart from the IDOT yard and use of IDOT front loader to load the recovered trailer onto a private trailer
- The same employee was observed falling asleep several time while operating IDOT vehicles
Findings:
- sufficient evidence of late arrivals, but not sufficient evidence of falsifying timecards
- sufficient evidence of falling asleep while driving IDOT vehicles
- sufficient evidence of taking the go-cart
- sufficient evidence of taking the trailer
- sufficient evidence of being untruthful to investigators
- sufficient evidence of failing to properly supervise
- sufficient evidence of use of IDOT front loader to load recovered trailer onto private trailer
Another complaint consisted of:
- allegations of passing around a study book which consisted of interview questions and answers for a Lead Worker promotion interview
Findings:
- that at least three workers were in possession of the interview sheets with questions and answers
- that two workers used those sheets to prepare for their interviews
From records received, the discipline consisted of written reprimands to two individuals.
