| Restrictions | OK |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | Employment Relations Authority - Christchurch |
| Reference No | CA 14/01 |
| Hearing date | 3 May 2001 |
| Determination date | 15 May 2001 |
| Member | N Taylor |
| Representation | Andrew McKenzie ; Rosalind Webby |
| Location | Christchurch |
| Parties | Strachan v Mainland Products Ltd |
| Summary | UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Serious misconduct - Disciplinary meeting to discuss alleged theft - Not aware of allegations prior to meeting - Not enough opportunity to be heard in defence - Not able to address complainant - Failed to apply requirements of fairness - Procedural unfairness - Little evidence of intended dishonesty - No honest belief on reasonable grounds - Could not reasonably dismiss applicant - Substantively unjustified - Blow moulder operator |
| Result | Application granted ; Reinstatement ordered ; Reimbursement of lost wages ($2,154) ; Costs reserved |
| Cases Cited | Airline Stewards & Hostesses of NZ IUOW v Air NZ Ltd [1990] 3 NZILR 584;Auckland City Council v Hennessey [1982] ACJ 699;Hillier v Lyttelton Borough Council (1987) 1 NZELC 95,647;Honda NZ Ltd v NZ Shipwrights Union [1990] 3 NZILR 23;IHC Staff etc Union v New Zealand Society for the Intellectually Handicapped [1990] 2 NZILR 1089;Kanda v Government of Malaysia (PC) [1962] AC 322;Northern Butchers etc IUOW v Peach & Vienna Foods Ltd [1982] ACJ 379;Quinn v Bank of New Zealand [1991] 1 ERNZ 1060;United Food & Chemical IUOW v J Wattie Foods Ltd [1991] 3 ERNZ 839 |
| Number of Pages | 6 |
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