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ARTICLE · 07 JANUARY 2022

Medical Record Snooping Was Reason For Termination

When the lover's ex-wife was admitted to the hospital where the employee worked as a health professional, the employee opened and read the journal of the lover's ex-wife.

NorwayEmployment and HR

When the lover's ex-wife was admitted to the hospital where the employee worked as a health professional, the employee opened and read the journal of the lover's ex-wife. Today, December 7, 2021, the Supreme Court ruled that this gave the hospital the right to dismiss her.

1 Snooping and heated text messages

The employee had a strained relationship with the lover's ex-wife, who was admitted to the hospital where she worked as a health professional. To avoid meeting the lover's ex-wife, the employee read several documents in her medical record to, according to the employee herself, find out which ward the ex-wife was in.

The employer found out about this several months later when the ex-wife complained. After conducting a meeting and a discussion meeting with the employee, they gave her a termination. The employee filed a lawsuit and claimed that the termination was invalid. She remained in the position while the case went to court, and has held the position

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