THE Anti-Discrimination Commission will investigate the sacking of former Sexual Assault Support Service chief executive Karen Donnet-Jones.
She was dismissed and spent two years fighting criminal charges after being accused of misusing her company credit card by paying a $25 parking fine incurred at work and for pharmaceuticals relating to her workers compensation claim.
Ms Donnet-Jones’s sacking came after she made a complaint about the support service’s board at its 2008 annual general meeting.
The charges were dropped after police admitted they were inappropriate.
And last month a magistrate described the case against her as ridiculous and ruled that Ms Donnet-Jones’s legal costs should be paid.
Yesterday she said she received notice last week the commission would take on the case.
“I went to the Discrimination Commission in 2009 and the day after I got a letter back from the commission they sacked me,” she said.
“From my point of view, it was a reaction to me making a complaint against them.
“I’m looking for possible compensation and I want an apology from them.
“It’s been an awful, vindictive vendetta that started with me making a complaint against them and that complaint has never been resolved.”
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