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Management must establish the facts not through presumption or assumption or reliance on other investigations. The supervisor who initiates discipline through a written request for discipline or drafts a disciplinary notice without such a request is the manager responsible for having investigated prior to the initiation. Checking records, reviewing statements and documents, interviewing witnesses, reviewing video tapes or photographs, listening to audio recordings, these are all possible elements of a supervisor's investigation. Many times, a supervisor does a minimal--at best--review of the situation which may include almost no first-hand investigation. When this occurs, that super- visor has violated one of the most basic, and important, due process rights of an employee subject to discipline. When management fails to uncover evidence and facts related to circumstances which result in discipline, they clearly fall short in their Just Cause obligation. However, the efforts man- agement employs to attempt to uncover evidence and facts is extremely important to our Just Cause defense--no matter what those efforts would or would not have revealed. Perhaps an employee is removed for sexual harassment of a customer. That removal is based upon a written letter received from the customer. In addition, the supervisor receives two let- ters from two other customers seemingly corroborating the first customer's letter. The super- visor fires the employee based upon the three letters. If the supervisor did not personally speak with those three customers whose letters he is relying upon to impose removal, then the investigation is inadequate and does not meet the Just Cause requirement. That supervi- sor had an obligation to contact and inquire. That is the \"thorough\" obligation. It is not enough to simply read letters and rush to judgement. Perhaps discussion with the three cus- tomers would have fully supported the letters and the action. No matter, the failure to thor- oughly establish the facts renders the investigation less than what is necessary to prove Just Cause. When arguing no Just Cause exists due to lack of a thorough, fair, and objective investiga- tion, the \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587 must construct every avenue the supervisor could have, and reasonably should have, explored prior to initiating discipline. All the documents, records, video/audio tapes, witnesses, etc., that could have and should have been reviewed and interviewed prior to a decision must be listed by the \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587 in the context of a management obligation to leave no stone unturned in the investigation. This is the only way to establish the supervisor's investigation does not meet the requirements of Just Cause. Increasingly, arbitrators are supporting the Union contention that total reliance by manage- ment on the Office of Inspector General/Postal Inspection Service Investigative Memorandum for investigative purposes--prior to discipline--falls short of management's investigatory ob- ligations. Since the OIG/Postal Inspection Service is not permitted to recommend, request, initiate, or issue discipline, they cannot be a proper substitute for management. The EL-921, \"Supervisor's Guide to Handling Grievances\", specifically requires that management conduct the investigation. This is not to say that an OIG/Postal Inspection Service Investigative Memo- randum cannot be an element of a management investigation--it can and often is. But it is to say that an OIG/Postal Inspection Service Investigative Memorandum cannot solely be the only element of investigation management substitutes for its own. 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