| Restrictions | OK |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | Employment Relations Authority - Auckland |
| Reference No | [2015] NZERA Auckland 117 |
| Hearing date | 20 Apr 2015 |
| Determination date | 23 April 2015 |
| Member | V Campbell |
| Representation | S Spacey (in person) ; D France |
| Location | Auckland |
| Parties | Spacey v Vice Chancellor University of Waikato |
| Summary | PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Applicant sought non-publication of identity – RAISING PERSONAL GRIEVANCE – Whether grievance raised within 90 days – Whether applicant’s claims constituted personal grievances - Senior Lecturer |
| Abstract | AUTHORITY FOUND –PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: Applicant failed to prove real and substantial likelihood of undue harm if identity not suppressed. No reason to depart from principles of open justice. Application for non-publication order dismissed.RAISING PERSONAL GRIEVANCE: Applicant made claims of disadvantage and unfair treatment, and sought remedies only available for resolution of personal grievance. Applicant and applicant’s representative both confirmed previously were raising personal grievances. Applicant’s claims personal grievances. Unjustified disadvantage grievances regarding cyberbullying, failure to provide information regarding advancement and standard used to assess applicant on advancement application raised within 90 days. Unjustified disadvantage grievances regarding respondent’s re-interpreted intellectual property rules, change of teaching load, and additional workload not raised within 90 days. |
| Result | Application partially granted (raising personal grievance) ; Application dismissed (practice and procedure) ; Costs reserved |
| Main Category | Raising PG |
| Statutes | ERA s103;ERA s 103(1)(b) ;;ERA s103A;ERA s114;ERA s114(1);ERA s114(2);ERA s174;ERA Second Schedule cl 10(1) |
| Cases Cited | B v Virgin Australia (NZ) Employment and Crewing Ltd [2013] NZEmpC;C v Air Nelson Ltd [2010] NZEmpC 18;Creedy v Commissioner of Police [2006] ERNZ 517 (EmpC);Gates v Air New Zealand Ltd (2009) 7 NZELR 41 (EmpC);H v A Ltd [2014] NZEmpC 92, [2014] ERNZ 38;Silver Fern Farms Ltd v North [2010] NZEmpC 79, [2010] ERNZ 172;Timmins v Asurequality Ltd [2011] NZEmpC 167;Warburton v Mastertrade Ltd [1999] 1 ERNZ 636 (EmpC);Y v D [2004] 1 ERNZ 1 (EmpC) |
| Number of Pages | 17 |
| PDF File Link: | 2015_NZERA_Auckland_117.pdf [pdf 301 KB] |