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California Courts of Appeal

Jun. 2, 2017

City worker must be reinstated despite harassment allegations, court rules

A Stockton city employee who posted a nude photo of a co-worker with a crude comment must be reinstated because a private arbitrator found that the city lacked cause to fire him, the 3rd District Court of Appeal ruled Monday.

By Kevin Lee
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A Stockton city employee who posted a nude photo of a co-worker with a crude comment must be reinstated because a private arbitrator found that the city lacked cause to fire him, the 3rd District Court of Appeal has ruled.

Ralph Handel, a unionized worker with the Stockton Municipal Utilities District, violated the city's sexual harassment policies in July 2014, Stockton cit...

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