Acts of Founded Wrongdoing
A protected disclosure was received under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (Act), alleging that an employee of Global Affairs Canada (Department), had committed wrongdoing under the Act. An investigation was conducted by the Department which found that the employee was absent without the requisite authorization and without properly recording these absences as leave; the employee failed to disclose a conflict of interest resulting from a relationship with a direct subordinate; the employee misled officials of the Department with respect to certain financial matters; and the employee treated staff with a lack of respect. The findings of the investigation were referred to management for a determination as to whether corrective action was warranted.
A Departmental investigation found that the case disclosed in 2013-14 should, in fact, be divided into four separate disclosures which were carried forward to the following year. The investigation concluded in 2015.