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globeandmail.com: Senate staffer fights to preserve her firing»
In 2006, Ms. Routliffe reached retirement age and qualified for a full pension. She soon began pondering how she could collect her pension while still working in the Senate. She also realized that if she was fired from her job she could collect a hefty severance.
So she asked Mr. Kenny to fire her. He agreed and, on March 30, 2007, Mr. Kenny terminated Ms. Routliffe’s employment. “I didn’t want to fire her,” Mr. Kenny said in an interview. So why did he do it? “Well, she asked to be [fired].”
The Senate’s administrative office overturned the termination and ruled she had retired, thus disallowing the severance payment.
