As feedback for those of you who contributed to this thread, the employee has been dismissed. Thanks for all your level headed posts, it helps to get advice when you can't see the wood for the trees.
However the soap opera does not end there. The brother will be issued with his notice of disciplinary action next week.
In addition the victim has been accused by the aggressor of threatening to have him fired on numerous occasions, and apparently there are several witnesses to this. So my next question is whether threatening a fellow employee that you will get them fired is something that we can discipline on. Its pretty obvious that he did indeed attempt to carry out this apparent threat as he has repeatedly pointed out to management whenever the aggressor was shirking his duties. They do not even work in the same section of the factory, nor did he ever report anyone else. Its also a chronic case of the pot calling the kettle black.
In any event, I do need to address it and was wondering what you guys thought the severity of such a case should be and what would he even be accused of having done?
Then I am going to rename the place "fawlty towers".
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