Issues concerning Dr. Sabina Burton’s personnel record

Related rebuttals located here: (Appeals-Schedule).

103.13(4) states “If the employee disagrees with any information contained in the personnel records, a removal or correction of that information may be mutually agreed upon by the employer and the employee. If an agreement cannot be reached, the employee may submit a written statement explaining the employee's position. The employer shall attach the employee's statement to the disputed portion of the personnel record. The employee's statement shall be included whenever that disputed portion of the personnel record is released to a 3rd party as long as the disputed record is a part of the file.”

On 8-22-17 Dr. Burton received a copy of her personnel record (PersFile-8-22-17).   Page numbers referenced below relate to this document.  To correct numerous errors & omissions Dr. Burton submits the following requests concerning her personnel file.

Dr. Burton requests that this document be included in her personnel file.

Hyperlinks in Dr. Burton’s online electronic documentation give ready access to supporting documents.  However, documents that have been printed on paper have been stripped of their associated hyperlinks.  Dr. Burton requests that her personnel file be immediately converted from paper files to a digital format that preserves hyperlinks. 

To find the supporting documents from printed pages, search for the exhibit name or applicable date on http://universitycorruption.com/uw/platteville/Public_Timeline.htm.

Re-iteration of 12-31-16 request to correct personnel file:

A previous version of Dr. Burton’s personnel file had major problems and Dr. Burton requested that errors & omissions be corrected (PersFile-MajorProblems-12-31-16).  A few of her requests were addressed however, many were not.  Dr. Burton re-iterates those requests, and incorporates them below with more requests to correct errors and omissions in her personnel file.  

Note: some files are missing from the record that should be in place.  For example, the letter of recommendation for promotion and retention written by Chair Dr. Caywood on 1-29-12 is missing from the file.  It is here: (Caywood-rec-Sabina-Promo-1-29-12) and (Rec-Retention-Burton-1-27-11)

Below is an index of Dr. Burton’s personnel file with requested actions for identified documents.  Documents with the word “yes” in the “Action Rqstd” column require some action as identified in italics in the “Description of document / Requested Actions” column:

Pg #

Description of document / Requested Actions

Action Rqstd

 

Dr. Burton’s personnel file is missing the following documents:
        Throop/Gormley complaint against Dr. Burton on Dec 16, 2016;
        Chancellor Shield’s letter suspending Dr. Burton on 1/3/17;
        Chancellor Shield’s statement of charges against Dr. Burton on 3/30/17;
        Investigation report;
        Dr. Burton’s rebuttals to those documents.
Please include all of these documents in Dr. Burton’s personnel file: (Chancellor-Suspends-Burton-1-3-17),  (sburtonstatementofcharges3-30-17), (RoterInvestigationReport-3-4-17), (Rebuttal-Throop-Gormley-complaint-12-16-16), (Rebuttal-Shields Suspension-1-4-17), (sburtonstmtofchrgs-Rebuttal-3-30-17), (Rebuttal-RoterReport3-4-17).

yes

 

Please include in Dr. Burton’s personnel file a copy of the letter to her from Paul Erickson, Public Information Officer, dated November 29, 2016 (Erickson.Denial11.30.16).

yes

1

UCI docs

 

6

CV

 

9

contract and hiring docs

 

14

pay docs

 

15

CRST docs

 

18

pay

 

19

Retention/salary

 

28

letter of commendation fm Shields

 

29

Retention/pay

 

32

mandatory training

 

33

Retention

 

35

Apr 19, 2013 – Gvnce Findings.

 

37

Tenure letter – Regent’s approval

 

38

June 10, 13 letter fm Drefcinski about remanded gvnce report

 

39-57

First draft of Dr. Burton’s grievance against Caywood.   Missing is Dr. Burton’s updated grievance hand-delivered to Chancellor Shields on July 8, 2013 and which is referenced on page 79 and 80 of the personnel file.  Please insert this updated grievance in the personnel file (folder exhibit 541),  (index of exhibits and appendix included in package). 

yes

58-59

Caywood’s rebuttal to grievance. 

 

60-67

Part of Dr. Burton’s grievance against Caywood

 

68-76

Caywood’s rebuttal to Burton’s grievance

 

77

emails between Burkholder and Drefcinski.  Please remove these emails.

 yes

78-80

Burton to Shields email.  Request that he personally investigate her charges. Handwritten notes on Dr. Burton’s email seem to have been written by Chancellor Shields.  a) Shields writes in the margin that Dr. Burton’s claim that in 2010 Cheryl Fuller and Amy Nemmetz brought charges against Caywood were “not relevant and not fully informed.”  However, it does seem relevant that before Burton’s charges, Caywood was the subject of two previous sexual discrimination charges. b) Handwritten note says “Subject of …how complaint Tenured & Promoted” adjacent to the underlined word “retaliated.”  This seems to indicate that Chancellor Shields dismissed the retaliation because Burton was promoted and received tenure.  But the promotion was before the sexual harassment incident and the tenure was received before the grievance committee delivered its findings indicating that Caywood acted “poorly.”  This seems to be Shields’ attempt to discredit Burton’s complaints without evaluating the truth.  c) On pag 79 handwritten note says that the “Committee is working on this now” in response to Burton’s assertion that she had delivered an updated grievance package.  However, the updated package was ignored.  Updated gvnce referenced also on pg 80

 

81-83

Burton to Shields email.  Request that he personally investigate her charges.  Please remove this as it is a duplicate of pages 78-80.

yes 

84

Throop email saying Caywood stepped aside (duplicate)

 

86-87

Letter from Grievance Commission on July 10, 2013 about Lattis’ “narrowing the issues”

 

88-89

Letter from Grievance Commission on July 10, 2013 about Lattis’ “narrowing the issues.”  Please remove this as it is a duplicate of pages 86-87.

yes 

90

Caywood’s email saying he was “removed” from chair position.  Please remove this as it is explained in the findings of the Grievance Committee on pages 117-118.

yes 

91

Dr. Burton’s email complaining about the removal/step aside issue. Please remove this as it is explained in the findings of the Grievance Committee on pages 117-118.

yes 

92

Throop email saying Caywood stepped aside. Please remove this as it is explained in the findings of the Grievance Committee on pages 117-118.

yes 

94

Shields’ response to findings of grievance committee 26 July 2013

 

95

Shields’ memo to department about climate issues July 26, 2013

 

97-102

Dr. Burton’s response to Chancellor’s response to Grievance Committee findings of July 10, 2013. 

 

103

Email – Durr-Burkholder-Schaal about Burton’s personnel file. 

 

104

approval of tenure letter from Den Herder – Aug 21, 2013

 

106-107

Dalecki’s notes (part 1) continued on page 110.   Please include the rebuttal to Dr. Dalecki’s notes (Rebuttal-DaleckiNotes).

yes 

108

Letter about pay  - general wage adjustment of $518 –from $51,750 to $52,268.  

 

109

Throop’s letter to Gibson’s memo of Sept 26, 2013.  Please remove Throop’s letter from the file as it does not concern Dr. Burton.  If Throop’s letter remains in the file, then please also include Dr. Gibson’s memo (exhibit ZP-1).    

yes 

 

 

 

110

Dalecki’s notes part 2 (continued from page107)

 

112

Shields email saying he wanted the grievance committee to evaluate Burton’s grievance – 28 Oct 2013

 

113

Coordination for grievance hearing.  Please remove this from file.

yes 

114

Dr. Burton’s email filing a grievance, against Dean Throop, with the Grievance Commission – 11-6-13.

 

117-118

Grievance commission letter to Shields agreeing that Throop violated policy – Dec 13, 2013.

 

119

Throop asks for an inequity/inversion adjustment for Dr. Burton.  Mar 13, 2014.  Asking for an adjustment of $3,732 to $56,000.  This did not bring her salary to equity with Dr. Solar’s salary.  Throop called it a “raise” but it was an “adjustment” for inequity that didn’t even erase the inequity. This was a bribe to keep quiet.  Please include Dr. Burton’s statement regarding pay related issues (PayRelated).  

 yes

121

Oct 16, 2014 – Letter saying JCOER approved pay plan for university employees.  Somehow there seems to be an increase of $560 for “merit.”  This is surprising.  We never saw this letter before 9/22/17.  Maybe they didn’t want to give Sabina the gratification of giving it to her.  This was not in the pers file on 12-21-16. Please include Dr. Burton’s statement regarding pay related issues (PayRelated).   (duplicate request)

yes 

122-131

Burton’s rebuttal to Throop LOD. Please remove this document as it is a duplicate of pages 142-151. 

 yes

132-134

Throop’s LOD of Oct 28, 2014.  Dr. Burton filed a grievance against Dean Throop concerning this LOD, and other issues, but her grievance request was not included in the file.  On 12/1/14 Dean Throop asked the grievance commission not to give Dr. Burton a grievance hearing but this letter is not included in the personnel file.  Dr. Burton wrote a rebuttal to Dean Throop’s letter but the rebuttal is not included in the file.  Dr. Burton’s repeated requests for a grievance hearing to address Throop’s LOD were ignored and denied.  Please include the following documents in the personnel file: (Dkt 54-17), (exhibits 571, 571f, 600a, 600b), (exhibits 601, 595), (exhibits 601c).  

yes 

135

Shields agrees that Burton should not be promoted to Professor

 

136

Burton requests investigation into Throop’s false allegation of cancelled class. Apr 2, 2015

 

137

Barraclough investigation report to Shields about Burton’s complaint against Throop-Apr 8, 2015

 

138

Shields’ letter to Burton about her complaint about Throop – Apr 23, 2015

 

140

Pay schedule

 

141-151

Burton’s email to Crowley asking to attach her rebuttal to Throop’s LOD and Dr. Burton’s rebuttal to Throop LOD. Apr 25, 2016.  

142-151

Burton’s rebuttal to Throop’s LOD.

 

152

Apr 26, 2016 Email from Burton to Strobl about Rice and the lawsuit and defamation.

 

153

Burton’s email to Solar re: working draft of grant proposal narrative. Please remove this as it does not belong in the file.

yes 

154

Burton sent email to Fairchild about Grievance committee violation of its own rules - May 3, 2016.  Please remove this, as it does not belong in the file.

yes 

155

Burton asks Strobl for interns. – May 4, 2016.   Please remove this, as it does not belong in the file.

yes 

157

Acknowledgement, dated May 4, 2016, that the university received Nate Cade’s request for Burtons personnel file.  On 4/19/16 Attorney Cade requested a complete set of Dr. Burton’s personnel record.  However, his request is not included in the file.  Dr. Burton requests that this document be included in her personnel file: (exhibit CadeRequestsPersFile).       Dr. Burton further requests that she be provided with an exact copy of the personnel file that was delivered to Attorney Cade in response to this request, and that she be informed of the date of delivery.  

yes 

158

May 9 2016 – Burton email to Burns and Faculty Senate complaining about a seriously flawed Grievance process.  Please remove this, as it does not belong in the file.

yes 

161-165

email chain between Burton and Strobl – Please remove this, as it does not belong in the file.

yes 

166-167

Email from Dr. Burton to Dr. Strobl.  Please remove this, as it does not belong in the file.

yes 

168-171

Barraclough Report about Throop’s UWS ch 6 complaint against Dr. Burton.  Dean Throop’s complaint is referenced in the Barraclough report but the complaint is not in the personnel file.  Neither is Dr. Burton’s rebuttal of Throop’s complaint in the file.  On 8/31/16 Chancellor Shields issued a letter of resolution dismissing Throop’s complaint against Dr. Burton but his letter is not in the file.  Dr. Burton sent a response to Chancellor Shields’ letter that is also missing from the file.  Please include these documents in Dr. Burton’s personnel file (exhibit 619b), (Dkt 54-11), (Chancellor-8-31-16-letter), (ResponsetoChancellorLtr-8-31-16-email),  (ResponsetoChancellorLtr-8-31-16) 

yes 

172

Dr. Burton’s Rebuttal of the Barraclough report.

178-182

Part of someone else’s CV.     Please remove this from file.

 yes

183-185

 Burton email thread with Strobl May 27 - Jun 1 2016 – Concerning the Grant Application.  Please remove this, as it does not belong in the file.

yes 

186-187

Shields’ LOD to Burton – June 3, 2016

 

188

Rice complaint about Burton – Aug 8, 2016      Deb Rice’s complaint against Dr. Burton is included in her personnel record but other important documents that relate to it are not in her file.  Dale Burke produced an investigation report on about 11/28/16 and Chancellor Shields dismissed the Rice complaint on 11/30/16 but these documents are not included in Dr. Burton’s personnel record.  Dr. Burton rebuts Deb Rice’s complaint, Dale Burke’s investigation report and Chancellor Shields’ dismissal letter in a document that should also be included in her personnel record but is missing.   Please include these documents in the record: (Rice v Burton Complaint Dismissal Packet), (DebRice-Complaint808016)

yes 

189

Shields assigns Crowley to investigate Rice’s complaint against Burton

 

190

Crowley orders Burton to meet Burke for investigation. – Aug 29, 2016

 

191-204

Burton’s response to Shields’ LOD – 9-5-16

 

205

205 – Shields’ letter dismissing Rice’s complaint against Burton references the Burke report but the Burke report is not included in the personnel file.   Burton’s rebuttal to the Burke report is not included either.   Please include the Burke report and Dr. Burton’s rebuttal to Rice’s complaint and Dr. Burton’s rebuttal to the Burke report  (Rice v Burton Complaint Dismissal Packet) Rebuttals: (DebRice-Complaint808016).  

 yes

206

Form requesting personnel file – 12/21/16

 

207

Crowley to Burton – confirming receipt of 12/31/16 email offering to allow Burton to review pers record and offering to remove or include documents.

 

208

DWD report – received by HR on May 1, 2017.  Sabina’s (unperfected) DWD complaint was stamped “received” by the HR.  

211

Crowley’s letter refusing to provide Burton with her personnel file.