Ohio work. comp. council is run by a religious nut

[Sara Bradi]

Fired state workers accuse their boss of religious harassment
By Aaron Marshall, The Plain Dealer
March 03, 2010, 7:01PM

Updated at 3:30 p.m. Thursday

Virginia McInerney spoke to The Plain Dealer Thursday and denied the claims made against her by her former employees. "I certainly deny the wrongdoing they are alleging," she said.

She said the women told her on Feb. 10 that they couldn't work for her anymore, but asked for terms in a mutual separation agreement that she couldn't grant under state law, such as eight weeks severance pay and a confidentiality pact that McInerney said would have violated Ohio's open records law.

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Rep. Bill Batchelder, a Medina Republican who chaired the council when McInerney was hired, said he knew her from when she worked for decades for the Legislative Service Commission doing research on workers' compensation-related issues. He said her work was "always top-shelf" and that the board was thrilled when she accepted the post paying $102,000 per year.

McInerney's Web site promotes a Christian relationship book she has written entitled "Single Not Separate." The site refers to her as a regular seminar teacher at a Columbus evangelical church and states that "she now turns her writing talent toward a passion God has placed in her heart to cast new vision for singles and the church."

Batchelder said that McInerney was upset when she called him Friday to tell him that she had fired her entire staff. "She said there was real tension in the office, and she had been having real problems with the staff," he said. "I have no idea what happened."

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I am curious as to what was in confidentiality pact that the three assistants wanted.

Sounds like she had a rough life, Batchelder got her a $102,000/year job so she could spend her time promoting her book and abuse her power to coerce others into her religion.