The Employment Relations Authority has found that an
employee breached the confidentiality and non-disparaging clauses of a mediated
settlement agreement and has fined the employee $800.
The employee and employer went to mediation and agreed to
settle their differences. As part of the
terms of that agreement the employee was to keep all matters confidential and
not to make any disparaging remarks about the employer.
Immediately upon conclusion of the settlement agreement
the employee went back to the workplace to collect his personal effects and
while in the workplace told employees about his settlement and made disparaging
remarks about the employer. Two of his
colleagues advised the employer of the employee’s actions.
The ERA held that the breaches of the agreement were
deliberate, but at a low level and were confined to the two employees in
question. It therefore imposed a small
fine on the employee for the breaches.
The maximum fine could have been up to $20,000.
Alan
Knowsley
Employment
Lawyer Wellington
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