VERNON, B.C.—An arbitration board says two employees were wrongfully dismissed from their jobs with the fire department in Vernon, B.C., after a videotape showed them having sexual relations in the fire chief’s office. The pair were fired two days after the incident in March 2018, but their union grieved the dismissals and proposed four-month suspensions. says that the two employees became close friends in early 2017, and developed a sexual relationship away from work later that year. says in its decision released Tuesday that the two employees became close friends in early 2017 and developed a sexual relationship away from work later that year. John McKearney, retired chief of the Vancouver Fire Department, said the activity between Bond and Manahan must be considered cause for termination.

Source: thestar March 20, 2019 00:22 UTC