Vicki Walker was fired because she was a habitual user of all caps on emails. She was reinstated after a New Zealand board found in her favor and ordered payment of lost wages.
Walker worked as an accountant for ProCare Health and was accused of writing emails with words in red, in bold and in capital letters.
The Employment Relations Authority, however, did not find a history of confrontational emails and was only given one email where Walker informed employees how to fill out staff claim forms with a sentence in capitals and bold blue reading: “To ensure your staff claim is processed and paid, please do follow the below checklist.” The board also found no warning that Walker was using caps at her own peril.
As part of her compensation, Walker was awarded nearly $6000 in lost wages and $11,500 for her personal harm. Walker responded by sending the board a message “I APPEAL.” OK, I made that up but she is appealing for additional compensation.
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Yet another example of the excesses of our culture. One red letter was good enough for Hawthorn.
Worst reason ever…
Sacking her was so over the top. Although I’d agree to sacking people who e-mail using the annoying abbreviations that they’d use in a text message. Apparently, crimes against the English language aren’t prosecutable
It is called shouting …
Damn and most people would be happy just to have employment. She has her job: Check. She was awarded Compensation: Check. Whats the beef?
I understand that some people write in capitals to YELL and make a point. I figured the cops do it for that same reason, or that can’t spell. Have anyone ever see a properly written Police Narrative?