Kathy Jackson, the former Health Services Union national secretary, claims she was left unable to work two days after the union took steps to remove her over allegations of gross misconduct.
Disgraced union official Kathy Jackson has launched legal action against her superannuation fund and insurer, claiming she was unfairly denied more than $1.3 million after being struck down with mental illness in 2012.
Court documents state that on that date she became afflicted with post-traumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder. Her insurance claim was supported by medical records and a psychiatrist’s report. Two days before Jackson claims she was left too sick to work, the HSU took steps to remove her from her position, alleging Jackson broke the union’s registered rules covering gross misconduct, gross neglect of duty and substantial breach of the rules, and would seek to remove her from office.
According to her Supreme Court claim, before she became disabled, Jackson earned a salary of approximately $23,000 a month while working as the national state secretary of the HSU. The writ explains Jackson had topped up her income protection and total disability coverage during her employment at the union to ensure she had full coverage in the case of a disability that reflected the risk to her income.
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