What’s at stake: Employers should consider placing any complainants at the heart of a workplace inquiry, in the wake of the damning report into disgraced former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming.
Background: The report found several police officers, including former Commissioner Andrew Coster, didn’t take seriously allegation of serious misconduct laid against McSkimming by a former police employee with whom he had had an affair. Three police officers named in the report, who still work for police, will now face employment procedures, while Coster has also been stood down as CEO of the Social Investment Agency where he now works and may end up agreeing to leave.
Main players: Ms Z, NZ Police, Jevon McSkimming, Andrew Coster.
The damning Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) report into the scandal involving former Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming raises a range of employment law issues to do with workplace relationships.
There are also lessons other employers can take from the IPCA report in terms of
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What’s at stake: Employers should consider placing any complainants at the heart of a workplace inquiry, in the wake of the damning report into disgraced former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming.
Background: The report found several police officers, including former Commissioner Andrew Coster, didn’t take seriously allegation of serious misconduct laid against McSkimming by a former police employee with whom he had had an affair. Three police officers named in the report, who still work for police, will now face employment procedures, while Coster has also been stood down as CEO of the Social Investment Agency where he now works and may end up agreeing to leave.
Main players: Ms Z, NZ Police, Jevon McSkimming, Andrew Coster.
