In the event that a complaint is unsubstantiated, no reprisal should be
taken against the complainant unless there is very clear evidence that the complaint was fraudulent «made in bad faith or malicious.
Not exact matches
The Seattle Animal Shelter is not able to provide immediate staff response to each complaint, but, with the assistance, involvement and cooperation of the
complainant, Seattle Animal Shelter can
take legal action
against the owners of the errant dog (s).
The
complainant made several allegations
against each registrant, e.g., a registrant did not supervise clinical exercises properly by allowing students to
take responsibility for treatment; a registrant was not aware of results of treatment, putting patients at risk; registrants did not act properly as nurses when aware of the risks the
complainant posed to others; the
complainant's confidentiality was breached; and a registrant acted outside her authority as a Langara College instructor.
When governing bodies are considering whether there is a risk to the public, they must
take into account the inherent likelihood that the only evidence of sexual misconduct will often be a
complainant's word
against a registrant's; as a result, they must
take great care not to assess the women's complaints of misconduct on the basis of discriminatory myths and stereotypes.
When confronted with this during cross examination, the
complainant said he had not put a case together
against the accused and so had not worked out the exact timeline of the assault which he said had
taken place more than 15 years prior.