Thompson sacked

The NZ Herald reports:

The board of the Employers and Manufacturers Association has fired the organisation’s embattled chief executive Alasdair Thompson.

It is interesting that they have actually sacked him, rather than manage to negotiate an exit.

Board chair Graham Mountfort said the decision came because of Mr Thompson’s conduct in interviews on June 23, when he suggested women’s periods affected their workplace productivity and started a fiery confrontation with a TV3 reporter.

I think that is an important thing to note. It would have been harsh to sack Thompson for his initial comments on radio. Many people have stuffed up in a live radio interview. It was the subsequent TV interviews which showed a fatal lack of judgement.