Nanny handed £7,000 after couple of bankers accused her of faking her CV
A couple of bankers have been ordered to pay their former nanny £7,000 after they reported her to police over fears she had faked her CV.
Melanie and Stephen Griffiths, who worked for JP Morgan in the City, were sued for victimisation by Ilkay Cetin after speaking to an officer about their concerns she was not an ‘appropriate’ person to have cared for their two young children.
Ms Cetin worked as a nanny for the couple looking after their two young children between December 2017 and May 2018, an employment tribunal heard.
Her contract ended on good terms with the couple recommending her to friends and inviting her to keep in touch, the panel was told.
But Ms Cetin ‘harboured concerns and resentments’ against the Griffiths, the central London tribunal was told.
After Ms Cetin took legal action – including unsuccessful claims she had been the victim of ‘emotional torture’ and ‘slavery’ – Ms Griffiths gathered references from the nanny’s previous employers and called police to run retrospective checks, an employment tribunal heard.
Ms Griffiths told police she ‘had reason to be doubtful’ Ms Cetin had been an appropriate person to look after her children, the panel heard.
The police told her ‘that had she contacted them before employing (her) to look after their children, they would have advised against it,’ the tribunal was told.
When she discovered the couple had spoken to the police, Ms Cetin sued claiming the ‘core of her personality and values’ had been attacked.
In January 2020, she launched a website on child abuse – unrelated to the Griffiths – but included details of their legal row.
The police warned Ms Cetin in November 2020 after she sent an email to Mr Griffiths’ employer containing links to the judgments on their dispute ‘obviously designed to embarrass’ him.
Upholding her victimisation claim, judge Oliver Segal said Ms Griffiths speaking to the police ‘caused considerable shock and upset’.
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