Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Auckland
Reference No AA 284/03
Hearing date 4 Aug 2003
Determination date 17 September 2003
Member R A Monaghan
Representation J Graham ; T Cleary
Location Auckland
Parties Aisake v Colyer Mair Ltd
Summary UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Serious misconduct - Wilful disobedience - Whether refused to carry out reasonable instruction - Alleged previous incidents of conduct used to justify dismissal - Disobedience admitted - Claimed not part of job - Employment agreement allowed for applicant to undertake duties within capacity - Refusal rigid and unreasonable - Other examples of conduct not relied on for dismissal - Merely examples of relationship between parties - Dismissal justified
Result Application dismissed ; Costs reserved
Cases Cited Ashton v Shoreline Hotel [1994] 1 ERNZ 421;BP Oil NZ Ltd v NID Distribution Workers etc IUOW [1989] 3 NZILR 276;Sky Network Television Ltd v Duncan [1998] 3 ERNZ 917
Number of Pages 7
PDF File Link: aa 284_03.pdf [pdf 33 KB]