A group of current and former firefighters who say they've been sexually assaulted, bullied and harassed at work want an independent complaints authority established. FENZ was also establishing an authority to handle complaints, but Jones said there were requests that it be independent of the organisation. Complaints met with inactionThree firefighters told Nine to Noon they were assaulted by colleagues, but their complaints were never taken seriously. It needs to be an independent authority." The complaints authority must be managed by experts, she said.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 03, 2020 04:52 UTC