A former kitchen worker at Timaru Hospital has been awarded more than $15,000 for failings by her employer, Spotless Facility Services. Spotless Facility Services must pay a former Timaru Hospital kitchen worker $15,500 for failing to protect her from workplace bullying. Anne MacKay resigned while on sick leave in August 2014. The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) says she quit because Spotless failed to investigate a joint complaint other workers were preparing against her and because of her fears of workplace bullying. In a newly-released determination, authority member David Appleton says a senior Spotless manager committed a “serious failing in his duty” when he told MacKay he knew nothing of the joint complaint and failed to promise an investigation. Another Spotless worker is now seeking compensation for bullying by a supervisor, Ms X.
