A longstanding science teacher at Marist College Ashgrove found himself unemployed in the fallout after a chain of events caused by an email that he accidentally sent to a number of people, after clicking ‘Reply All’ instead of 'Reply.'
If the article is accurate, it seems like a slam dunk case to me. He didn’t say anything especially bad by any reasonable metric, and he was attempting to exercise his rights to make a complaint about the workplace conditions.
But among the remedies sought are re-employment. Unless the management responsible for the decision were themselves fired, I can’t imagine wanting that in the circumstances. That said, while it’s not within the court’s power, the arse being fired for his abuse of power would not at all be an unwarranted result here.
If the article is accurate, it seems like a slam dunk case to me. He didn’t say anything especially bad by any reasonable metric, and he was attempting to exercise his rights to make a complaint about the workplace conditions.
But among the remedies sought are re-employment. Unless the management responsible for the decision were themselves fired, I can’t imagine wanting that in the circumstances. That said, while it’s not within the court’s power, the arse being fired for his abuse of power would not at all be an unwarranted result here.