Sacked | Worker 'breaks confidentiality' after discussing pay rise with co-workers

An ex-bookshop employee is taking her former employer to court after being fired for discussing her pay with colleagues.

Natasha Seymour, who was employed at the Melbourne bookshop Hill of Content, was accused by her employer of having a ‘total disregard for confidentiality’ after discussing her pay rise with co-workers.

This comes after Seymour was awarded a pay rise and back pay of $659 (£355) which she discussed with two colleagues in the same role as her. This reportedly made the bookshop's work environment uncomfortable for her boss, who went on to terminate her employment.

In an email to Seymour, her former boss outlined that her pay discussions had “totally unsettled” other staff members and had “undermined” the employer’s relationship with them.