One company included the word “Zumbada” (crazy) to identify an employee on two of its payrolls; A court in the Basque Country ordered the company to pay €10,000 in compensation for damage to the employee’s reputation.
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A payment receipt can be much more than a payment document: in this case, it has become legal evidence and is the subject of an action for moral and material damages for defamation. A company from the Basque Country included the word “Zumbada” (meaning “crazy” or “wild”) allowing an employee to be identified as a beneficiary on two consecutive pay slips. The employee’s ex-husband was also a partner in the company.
A decision of the Superior Court of Justice of the Basque Country ordered the company to pay €10,000 (approximately R$61.8 thousand) damage to the employee’s reputation.
A payment receipt for “Zumbada”
As detailed in the decision rendered by the Social Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice of the Basque Country, the employee performed administrative functions in her ex-husband’s companywith whom he was in the middle of a divorce proceedings and child custody dispute disabled. In this context, the employee received two pay checks on which the word “Zumbada” (meaning “crazy” or “wild”) appeared in the recipient’s name field.
As expected, the employee filed a lawsuit against the company. As the employee herself stated during her participation in the program “Y ahora Sonsoles”, presented by Sonsoles Ónega on July 27, “there was a first trial for light defamation, in which the other partner, Iñaki, took responsibility for this transfer.”
However, the employee went back to court, believing the company should be…
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