The latest victims of the Joe Maturo “you’re fired” follies
has put East Haven right back on the front paper with the oh so credible Joseph
Maturo saying “I didn’t do it” is the reason why the East Haven Town Council
and Board of Finance should immediately request a Human Resource Manager be
hired and placed in Town Hall reporting directly to the Town Council.
As the Chief Elected Official once again Joe Maturo shows
just how immature he is in handling employee matters and turns them into a 3
ring circus. The last time it was the Taco comment which made international
news now it’s the mechanical pump caper where Town Engineer Kevin White and
Public Works Director Robert Parente were terminated, no, they were told to
find another job, no, they were told they had 30 days left to find another
job? According to Maturo that never happened,
however, now we’ve just learned they are at work. Whatever the case! Where there is smoke there
is fire!
In today’s world Companies, Municipalities and even
individuals have to be very careful in what you say to employees and how to separate
an employee correctly from the organization. Neophytes like Joseph Maturo have
no understanding on how to handle these matters because he lacks the personal
self- control to contain an ignorant ego that believes he’s the King of East
Haven and all employees of his are his servants. That type of attitude and
plain stupidity will cost East Haven even more tax dollars in law suits, sexual
discrimination and all other types of potential law suits. Plain and simple Joe
Maturo is what we call in the Human Resource world, “A Human Resources
Nightmare.”
Since we can’t fire Maturo to protect us from his further
potential liability the East Haven Town Council along with the Board of Finance
can take measures to protect the Town by hiring a qualified Human
Resources Manager that can institute an open door policy for all employees, institute
proper procedures in disciplinary actions, handle labor relations with the Town
Unions, and most importantly establish a professional procedure to
handle investigations into misconduct by all Town employees that would result
in a professional and judicious process to lessen the Town’s
liability. In another words, a person that can step in and say, “Mayor you just
can’t go around firing everyone without cause! We have to follow the policy and
make sure every T is crossed and every I is dotted.”
It’s time for the Town of East Haven to start to be proactive
and protective of our tax dollars and while it might cost $85K to hire an Human
Resources Manager just think of the savings we can gain by preventing Joe
Maturo and future Mayor’s from acting in haste and making terrible decisions. A
human resource manager also can be the referee between two or more parties and
can be an advocate for the employee. They are also the Defensive line and the
eyes and ears for any organization that has any potential liabilities regarding
people and assets.
The time to act is now….
