The Barkly Regional Council will have to defend the sacking of an employee in the Federal Court after mediation between the two parties broke down, while the aggrieved former employee intends to subpoena the controversial Justitia Report and its author.
The former community safety regional manager, David Lightowler, filed a dismissal from employment in contravention of a general protection application in the Darwin Federal Circuit Court on April 21, against the Barkly Regional Council and its former chief executive Emma Bradbury.
How much of Rates payers money is wasted in these stupid personality driven HR issues?
In these publicly funded bodies, how much money is wasted on Lawyers when a employee is arguing about something small like 2 weeks backpay?