An Iowa man who posted the comic strip, and was fired, is entitled to receive unemployment benefits after a judge’s ruling.
By Garry Kranz Comments 0 | Recommend 0
He Who Laughs Last: A man who posted a Dilbert comic strip at work, and who subsequently was fired for misconduct as a
result, is entitled to receive unemployment benefits. That was the ruling of an
Iowa judge in the case of David Steward, who reportedly posted the comic strip
as a way to “cheer some people up” after employees at Catfish Bend Casino,
including Steward, learned the casino would be closing. According to Iowa TV
station KFVS, the casino’s human resources director testified at a hearing that
casino management was offended by the cartoon because it accused them of “being
drunken lemurs.” A judge disagreed, saying Steward’s action did not represent
intentional misbehavior but rather a “good-faith error in judgment.”
Workforce Management contributing editor Garry Kranz is based in Richmond, Virginia. E-mail editors@workforce.com to comment.
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