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A public servant who responded angrily to a Post-it note left on his computer by a manager has had his one-day suspension upheld by the federal labour relations board.

Jean-Pierre Pelchat was a Statistics Canada agronomist when his supervisor, Kimberly Boyuk, left a blue sticky note on his computer monitor that read: “Come see me right away. Kim.”

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Earlier that day, April 25, 2016, Pelchat had copied Boyuk on an email in which he gave a Statistics Canada client both the link to an information portal and a password for it.

Boyuk felt the email constituted a security breach and consulted with another manager; they agreed it was at least a violation of Statistics Canada protocol since it contained a password. They decided the email had to be recalled immediately.

Boyuk emailed Pelchat then walked to his desk, but he was away on lunch break. She left behind her sticky note, reasoning that he might not check his email right away.