A nurse who called a colleague an offensive name in a private group chat lost their job after their comments made their way back to the person being talked about.
The Employment Relations Authority has denied the nurse's bid to be reinstated after he claimed it was an auto-correct mistake.
While the decision will be challenged it has brought to the forefront the blurred line between work and private life - and how what we say in private might come back to haunt us.
HR expert and Professor of Management and Māori Business at Massey University Jarrod Haar joins Emile Donovan.
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