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Gaurav Sharma – a study in not going quietly into that good night. (Image: NZME)
Pattrick Smellie
Going quietlyAs Gaurav Sharma proved this week, employment disputes that go public can get pretty messy.The generally preferred route is a lump sum payment to the aggrieved party in exchange for silence in perpetuity. For an example, perhaps look to Stephen Town, whose determined silence since departure from the mega-polytech, Te Pūkenga, remains total.Likewise, we are unlikely ever to know exactly what it had cost the NZ Film Commission to sever its contract with David Strong, who resigned as chief executive earlier this month after an ex...

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