Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Auckland
Reference No AA 295/03
Hearing date 22 Sep 2003
Determination date 03 October 2003
Member R A Monaghan
Representation J Davies ; L Robinson
Location Auckland
Parties Heatherington v Piper Consulting Ltd
Summary PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Application for adjournment - Counsel for respondent instructed at last minute - No statement in reply filed - Seven weeks' notice of investigation meeting - Respondent not in attendance at meeting - Adjournment declined - UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Worked from home - Problems arose contacting manager - Telephone lines in applicant's name disconnected - Ceased receiving work from manager - Salary payments ceased without notice - Dismissal unjustified - Remedies - Unlikely that continuing employment available - Inappropriate to award reimbursement of lost wages beyond reasonable notice of termination - Personal assistant
Result Application granted ; Reimbursement of lost wages (One month) ; Compensation for humiliation etc ($7,500) ; Other monies ($1,271.31)(Work-related expenses) ; Costs reserved
Statutes EAR r8
Number of Pages 4
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