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NZ: Woman awarded $3k in damages after bad job reference ‘breached privacy’

Posted on December 26, 2019 by pogowasright.org

Harrison Christian reports:

A childcare centre must pay a former employee $3000 in damages for breaching her privacy by giving her a bad job reference which saw her miss out on a job.

The Human Rights Review Tribunal ordered Katui Early Childhood Learning Centre in Northland to pay Dana Gin-Cowan $3000 for humiliation, loss of dignity and injury to feelings, according to a decision released last week.

Read more on Stuff.

Category: BreachesNon-U.S.Workplace

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