An Australian DJ involved in a royal prank call to a London hospital that resulted in the death of an Indian-origin nurse has filed a legal application, accusing her employer of failing to provide a safe workplace, a media report said today.
"I can confirm that a general protections application has been filed with Fair Work Australia on behalf of Mel Greig against Southern Cross Austereo," her lawyer Steven Lewis was quoted as saying by the Fairfax Media.
The application has accused that Southern Cross Austereo failed to maintain a safe workplace (in relation to the hoax phone call incident).
"The matter will proceed to confidential conciliation under the Fair Work Act," Lewis said while confirming that Greig was still employed by Austereo.
Austereo has declined to comment on the issue.
The report said that if the matter is not settled in conciliation, then it will head to court.
Greig was taken off the air after Indian-origin nurse Jacintha Saldanha was found dead in December after taking a prank call from Greig and her co-host Michael Christian.
Saldanha, 46, was the duty nurse when Greig and Christian made the call pretending to be the Queen and Prince Charles, asking about the Duchess's condition.
She forwarded the call to another nurse, who divulged confidential medical information about Kate.
The prank was broadcast by radio station 2Day FM within hours, and made headlines around the world.
Saldanha was found dead on December 7 last year in the nurses' quarters three days later, having hanged herself with a scarf. Her death sparked global outrage against the DJs.
