>The original message states "No other working associates were present,
> merely members. The employee's name was not disclosed." but goes on to say
> that the employee has made a complaint. That has to mean that either
> somebody identified the employee and told him/her or the disclosure was
> recorded in minutes from which the employee (and others?) was able to
> identify him/herself. Either way there was sufficient information to
> identify a living individual.
>
The inference has been drawn that it was the same individual who complained.
However do we actually know that? If it was someone else in a similar
situation (and in a large authority there could be a number, even within one
sickness-prone department), that might suggest an individual couldn't be
identified from the info!
Paul
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