Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Auckland
Reference No AA 89/04
Hearing date 27 Feb 2004
Determination date 15 March 2004
Member K Raureti
Representation B Nabney ; K Stretton
Location Auckland
Parties Lawless v Comvita New Zealand Ltd
Summary UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Serious misconduct - Respondent alleged video surveillance footage showed applicant acting in suspicious manner - Applicant denied doing anything wrong - Refused to comment on activity in video footage though given opportunity to do so - Employment terminated - Authority unable to consider explanation of actions in video given at investigation meeting as not given at time of dismissal - Dismissal justified
Result Application dismissed ; Costs reserved
Cases Cited Drummond v Coca-Cola Bottlers NZ Ltd [1995] 2 ERNZ 229;W & H Newspapers Ltd v Oram [2000] 2 ERNZ 448 ; [2001] 3 NZLR 29
Number of Pages 5
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