Oranga Tamariki ordered to reinstate youth worker and pay him $100k
An Oranga Tamariki residential youth worker who was fired for being “intimidating and aggressive” towards a young person will now return to his role with his “head held high” and more than $100,000 in his back pocket.
Stephen Baillie was sacked from his job at youth justice residence Te Puna Wai ō Tuhinapo in Christchurch in September last year following an incident with a boy at the centre.
The youth laid a formal complaint about Baillie’s conduct which Oranga Tamariki investigated. The agency upheld the allegations and fired him without notice for serious misconduct.
Link to article: Unjustified dismissal: Oranga Tamariki ordered to reinstate youth worker and pay him $100k - NZ Herald
