Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Christchurch
Reference No [2016] NZERA Christchurch 87
Hearing date 26-May-16
Determination date 15 June 2016
Member Helen Doyle
Representation M Guest ; D Rhodes
Location Queenstown
Parties Nolet v Edgewater Resort Hotel Ltd
Summary UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL – Constructive Dismissal – Applicant claimed unjustifiably dismissed by respondent – Food and beverage attendant
Abstract AUTHORITY FOUND –;UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL: Failure to roster applicant on probably mistake arising from misunderstanding. Applicant not actually dismissed. Applicant not given choice between resigning or being dismissed. No breach of duty by respondent so serious that resignation reasonably foreseeable. No deliberate course of conduct intended to force applicant to resign. No dismissal.
Result Application dismissed ; Costs reserved
Main Category Personal Grievance
Cases Cited Auckland Electric Power Board v Auckland Provincial District Local Authorities Officers Industrial Union of Workers Inc [1994] 2 NZLR 415 (CA);Auckland Shop Employees IUOW v Woolworths (NZ) Ltd [1985] 2 NZLR 372 (CA);Wellington, Taranaki and Marlborough Clerical Administration and Related Workers IUOW v Greenwich t/a Becket Employment [1983] ACJ 965 (AC)
Number of Pages 17
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