State Services Commissioner says it is grossly unfair that the complainant in the Roger Sutton case has been criticised.
An investigation found the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority's (CERA) chief executive guilty of serious misconduct, but did not recommend dismissal.
State Services Commissioner Iain Rennie said the complainant herself had been criticised on social media and other media, and he wanted to stress that the large part of her complaint was upheld and that she had suffered hurt and distress.
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Mr Rennie also said Mr Sutton and his lawyer had been told he breached a confidentiality agreement.
Mr Rennie declined to comment on allegations in The Press that Mr Sutton suggested female staff participate in a visible G-String Friday, gave unwanted body press hugs and asked the complainant who she wanted to have sex with.
He said the complainant was subject to the same agreement as Mr Sutton and that she did not want to talk publicly.
The investigation had been criticised as biased and inadequate by former employee of the recovery authority Tina Nixon.