Managing Director Had Affair With Receptionist. Mds Wife Found Out Then Told The Receptionist To Leave The Company. Receptionist Left The Company. I’m A Shareholder In The Company. I’m Concerned About His Revenge (sydney)

Hi all,

Almost exactly as the title says. We’re a small to medium enterprise and have a parent private equity parent company. There are 5 of us who are shareholders besides the parent company and I am one of them.

The MD had an affair that last around 4 months. When his wife found out she confronted the receptionist. After some discussions between them the wife asked the receptionist to leave the company. The receptionist left the company.

This is not the first time he has been inappropriate with staff.

The receptionist told me her version of events and she was really upset that she felt she had to leave because she loved the workplace. I gave her the opportunity to come forward to HR because I was concerned this was an unfair dismissal liability. After giving her a week I, thinking I had a legal obligation to do so, raised it with the legal department of the parent company. They suggested I discuss it with the other shareholders to make them aware. Now that they’re aware, it had been raised with the MD and he knows I’m the one who raised it. I’m now feeling anxious that he might try to get revenge by making something up about me so am concerned that I spoke up.

That being said, being a shareholder I felt like this behaviour is inappropriate for the workplace I want to be a shareholder in. Did I do the right thing by raising the issue or have I created unnecessary drama?