A former department head is to be fired after a performance review found that she was guilty of workplace bullying, the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration said in a statement on Friday.
The official, surnamed Yu (游), is in a nonsupervisory position at the agency, which said that she would be fired after an investigation that concluded on Tuesday determined her behavior during her time as head of the Ministry of Justice’s personnel department and at the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) constituted bullying.
Complaints made anonymously on Facebook group accused Yu of making degrading remarks; abusing her power by making subordinates handle non-work-related personal matters, such as preparing meals for her; and publicly scolding civil servants for not replying to messages outside work hours, the statement said.
Photo: Wu Cheng-feng, Taipei Times
Yu was appointed head of the DGBAS’ personnel department in November 2015 and served at the Ministry of Justice from June 2019 to March last year before returning to her DGBAS post, according to a government postings database compiled by National Chengchi University and publicly available government records.
A special performance review committee convened on Friday and handed her two major demerits, which for civil servants can result in dismissal, the statement said.
Yu’s behavior damaged the public view of the government and civil servants, and had a mental and emotional effect on her subordinates, it said.
The Directorate-General of Personnel Administration said that zero tolerance for bullying in the workplace is the public consensus, and it apologized to the people affected by Yu’s bullying and their families.
On Friday last week, the agency launched an online platform for civil servants to file complaints about workplace bullying, adding to other channels for making such complaints.
The move followed a bullying case that emerged after the death of a civil servant at the Ministry of Labor on Nov. 4.
His supervisor was dismissed on Nov. 20 and is in detention amid an investigation into alleged corruption.
Then-minister of labor Ho Pei-shan (何佩珊) resigned on the same day.
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