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A veteran Oranga Tamariki manager with nearly 30 years' service has been found to have bullied and belittled her staff, at one point calling a crying supervisor a "sookie baby" and telling her to put her "big girl panties on".
Now the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) has ruled the organisation's decision to demote her and issue a final warning was justified.
The manager, known as GYN in the decision, had worked for Oranga Tamariki for 29 years, including as a social worker
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