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Is misuse of bold formatting grounds for sacking?

The New Zealand Herald has the story:

An Auckland accountant was sacked for sending “confrontational” emails with words in red, in bold and in capital letters.

Vicki Walker, who was a financial controller with ProCare Health, has been awarded $17,000 for unfair dismissal, and plans to lodge an appeal for further compensation…

ProCare [said] Walker – who was fired in December 2007 after two years of employment – had caused disharmony in the workplace by using block capitals, bold typeface and red text in her emails…

The email, which advises her team how to fill out staff claim forms, specifies a time and date highlighted in bold red, and a sentence written in capitals and highlighted in bold blue. It reads: “To ensure your staff claim is processed and paid, please do follow the below checklist.”

Putting a date in red? Not perhaps the most heinious of email sins…

I’m not surprised she won her case for unfair dismissal.

Hat-tip: story via fernandorizo.typepad.com

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