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A COUNCIL therapist who was bullied and harassed by bosses won her case yesterday against allegations of gross misconduct.
Greenwich Council was forced to drop charges against an employee accused of being “too friendly with staff.”
And it faced calls from Unite yesterday to account for cash it splurged on agency workers to fill in for the woman’s colleagues when they staged a three-day walkout in solidarity.
The woman, who asked to remain unnamed, had been suspended for allegedly discriminating against certain colleagues.
But after a hearing the council was forced to drop the charges and reinstate her.
Unite regional officer Onay Kasab said that “under examination, council managers had difficulty specifying the allegations.”
The union had considered the suspension to be suspicious from the start, coming just five days after the woman lodged a grievance with management.
Council bosses had reportedly reacted aggressively to occupational therapists whenever an issue with the service was raised.
“Managers would tell them to stop whinging,” Mr Kasab said.
At one point those issuing complaints were called “moaning minnies.”
Unite will now start an investigation into the roots of the “flimsy” allegations.
Mr Kasab felt it was “important in light of the collapse of the case and the clearly flimsy nature of the allegations and evidence that those managers, who made the decision to suspend our member, explain themselves.”
