We had an employee leave in November after an emotional outburst that was instigated by another employee. She has always been bombastic and this situation was no different. She was well cared for by us, but never gave as much as she took.
We appealed her unemployment benefits to the point of adjutication. We had the adjudication hearing.
She chose to submit client protected information in an attempt to prove harrassment. She has been building a case to walk out and collect benefits for quite some time (July of 2011). In her testimony, she purjered as well as fabricated many of her statements. Don't get me wrong, she had some of the facts right, but she fabricated as well. Her documents were stolen from the company.
She entered all of it into evidence. The judge allowed her to do so. She was able to fabricate and purjer, and we were not permitted to refute any of it. We were not permitted to enter any evidence on our behalf. Her goal was to claim hostile work environment. She created said environment.
However, it seems as though the judge was not impartial. Anytime we attempted to refute any of the false information, we were told that it is inadmissable. Anytime we went to question the other party, we could not insinuate in any way that she was not being truthful. We were not allowed to question her in any way that might expose the truth.
I guess my question is: Is this legal? I know I have the right to an appeal, but those usually don't work too well... Thoughts?
We appealed her unemployment benefits to the point of adjutication. We had the adjudication hearing.
She chose to submit client protected information in an attempt to prove harrassment. She has been building a case to walk out and collect benefits for quite some time (July of 2011). In her testimony, she purjered as well as fabricated many of her statements. Don't get me wrong, she had some of the facts right, but she fabricated as well. Her documents were stolen from the company.
She entered all of it into evidence. The judge allowed her to do so. She was able to fabricate and purjer, and we were not permitted to refute any of it. We were not permitted to enter any evidence on our behalf. Her goal was to claim hostile work environment. She created said environment.
However, it seems as though the judge was not impartial. Anytime we attempted to refute any of the false information, we were told that it is inadmissable. Anytime we went to question the other party, we could not insinuate in any way that she was not being truthful. We were not allowed to question her in any way that might expose the truth.
I guess my question is: Is this legal? I know I have the right to an appeal, but those usually don't work too well... Thoughts?