Here are 8 case examples of reinstated Nevada employees after sustained misconduct and an arbitration process.
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Arbitrators or hearing officers confirmed allegations against many of the nearly 50 Nevada state and local employees for misdeeds since 2015.
Nearly all public employee union contracts contain a clause allowing disputes to be worked out by an independent arbitrator.
The office under former coroner John Fudenberg faced accreditation warnings, and employees complained of harassment and retaliation. Fudenberg still received generous raises and bonuses.
Former Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg touted two degrees from Barkley University on a resume and had lucrative outside speaking engagements while on the county clock.
Then-Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg successfully lobbied to quadruple fees the coroner gets from death certificates but some lawmakers found the increase unnecessary.
Former Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg failed to file required disclosures, hired his girlfriend’s company and did not appear to have properly logged vacation hours.
The Citizen Review Board either dismissed complaints or sided with Las Vegas Metropolitan Police internal affairs in most cases the past three years, records show.
Brian Bradford said he asked the coroner’s office to autopsy his 7-year-old daughter after she died unexpectedly at a local hospital in 2019, but officials refused.