| Restrictions | OK |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | Employment Relations Authority - Auckland |
| Reference No | [2016] NZERA Auckland 200 |
| Hearing date | 18-Feb-16 |
| Determination date | 17 June 2016 |
| Member | N Craig |
| Representation | M Kyriak ; J Wickes |
| Location | Auckland |
| Parties | Supercity Rental Management Ltd v Tse |
| Summary | COMPLIANCE ORDER – Applicant sought compliance with Record of Settlement (“ROS”) – PENALTY – Applicant sought penalty for breach of ROS – COUNTERCLAIM - COMPLIANCE ORDER – Respondent sought compliance with Record of Settlement (“ROS”) – COUNTERCLAIM - PENALTY – Respondent sought penalty for breach of ROS |
| Abstract | AUTHORITY FOUND –COMPLIANCE ORDER: Respondent solicited applicant’s client by suggesting client keep eye out for her on internet and emailing client when in new job. Respondent breached ROS. Compliance ordered.PENALTY: Applicant suffered financial loss for respondent’s breach of ROS. Breach small in scale. Need for deterrence. $3,000 penalty appropriate.COUNTERCLAIM - COMPLIANCE ORDER: Applicant failed to remove respondent’s details from website and failed to cancel respondent’s email address, in breach of ROS. Applicant failed to send email notifying staff and clients of respondent’s resignation in words specified in ROS. Applicant breached ROS. Breaches not continuing and further emails not needed so compliance order unnecessary. Application for compliance order dismissed.COUNTERCLAIM – PENALTY: Respondent suffered negative effects on reputation from applicant’s breaches of ROS. Need for deterrence. Some remorse shown. Penalty not appropriate for failure to remove applicant’s details from website. Penalty appropriate for other breaches of ROS. $2,000 penalty appropriate. |
| Result | Applications granted (compliance order)(penalty)(counterclaim – penalty) ; Orders made ; Penalty ($3,000)(payable to applicant)($2,000)(payable to respondent) ; Costs reserved |
| Main Category | Compliance Order |
| Statutes | ERA s149(1) ; ERA s149(3) ERA s174E |
| Cases Cited | Credit Consultants Debt Services NZ Ltd v Wilson (No 3) [2007] ERNZ 252 (EmpC) ; Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group ICS Ltd v Halsall EmpC AucklandF AEC74/97, 24 July 1997 ; Ongley Wilson Real Estate Ltd t/a Manuwatu First National v Burrows [1999] 1 ERNZ 231 (EmpC) ; Tan v Yang [2014] NZEmpC 65, [2014] ERNZ 733 ; TAP (New Zealand) Pty Ltd v Origin Energy Resources NZ Ltd HC Wellington CIV-2005-485-1500, 14 February 2006 ; Xu v McIntosh [2004] 2 ERNZ 448 (EmpC) ; Wholesale Distributors Ltd v Gibbons Holdings Ltd [2007] NZSC 37, [2008] 1 NZLR 277 |
| Number of Pages | 24 |
| PDF File Link: | 2016_NZERA_Auckland_200.pdf [pdf 259 KB] |