Deafening E-Mail

Vicki Walker, a financial controller with ProCare Health in Auckland, New Zealand, was fired after two years with the company for, according to ProCare, creating “disharmony in the workplace by using block capitals, bold typeface, and red text in her e-mails.” She cried foul, and New Zealand’s Employment Relations Authority agreed with her, ordering ProCare to pay her $17,000 in New Zealand dollars for unfair dismissal.