Acts of Founded Wrongdoing
Apparent and/or Real Conflict of Interest in Contracting Activities.
A protected disclosure was received under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (PSDPA) alleging a wrongdoing pursuant to Subsection 8(e) of the PSDPA, in that an employee was involved in the supervision of a Temporary Help worker who was a relative and that the employee had approved time sheets as well as travel and kilometric expenses for this individual.
The departmental investigation process found that there was a distant family relationship between the employee and the Temporary Help worker and that the employee had in fact been involved in the supervision of and the approval of financial documents for the Temporary Help worker.
The employee's actions were deemed to constitute a serious breach of the Public Works and Government Services (PWGSC) Code of Conduct and thereby a wrongdoing pursuant to Subsection 8(e) of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act.
Corrective action has been taken.