A former health worker who won an employment case against Waikato District Health Board for unjustified dismissal has finally received an apology from her former employer.
Kathleen Archibald won $20,000 compensation, a severance payout, and legal costs after the DHB lost an appeal on the case in October.
The case was approved for appeal by the former chief executive Dr Nigel Murray - who quit in October amid an expenses scandal.
Archibald initially won an Employment Relations Authority case against the DHB earlier this year for the unjustified dismissal and the DHB was ordered to pay her $10,000 and redundancy.
Archibald was 67 and worked as a health promoter for two decades at Waikato DHB when she was told in March last year she would have to travel from Thames to Hamilton every day for six months under a restructure.