Iowa director fired for sexual harassment without a review or chance to respond, state acknowledges

[TexasTowelie]

Gov. Kim Reynolds conducted no review or investigation before firing Iowa Finance Authority Director Dave Jamison following allegations of sexual misconduct by two female employees, a top adviser for the governor acknowledged Tuesday in an administrative hearing.

Jamison was fired March 24 after the two women — both employees of the agency — contacted Reynolds' chief of staff, Jake Ketzner, March 23 and outlined dozens of detailed accusations.

When Jamison was fired hours later, the administration refused to give further details about the accusations or allow Jamison an opportunity to respond, Ketzner testified in an unemployment hearing Tuesday.

"Like I said, they were very detailed allegations, and so I believed them and at that point there was no need for additional information,” he said.

Read more: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2018/06/05/dave-jamison-fired-iowa-gov-kim-reynolds-sexual-misconduct-without-review/673425002/

[SharonClark]

1. Iowa is a right to work state, you can be fired without cause

But in this case, "Dave Jamison was independently warned by as many as three high-ranking executives of the Iowa Finance Authority to tame his sultry talk". Evidently, they gave him a warning to stop his behavior and he failed to do so.
I disagree with Reynolds 99% of the time. This is the 1% I agree with.