We have a member of staff who has worked for the company for over 15 years. She is known to be the office gossip. Recently, we had to move her into our open plan Finance office, which is also where my HR assistant is located. This caused us great concern since she can now overhear sensitive and confidential information. She has been caught passing on details about our company (which she should not know) to a colleague, which she heard through an outside source. Although her manager has spoken to her about this specific incident (and she has a confidentiality clause in her original contract) what can we do to stop her gossiping? Can I ask her to sign a new confidentiality agreement to reinforce her responsibility to stop spreading the news! and, if so, can anyone please give me a sample?
Pauline Martin