Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Auckland
Reference No AA 100/04
Hearing date 16 Dec 2003
Determination date 22 March 2004
Member K J Anderson
Representation E Mann ; A Lubbe
Location Auckland
Parties Doidge v The ANZ Banking Group New Zealand
Summary UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Constructive dismissal - Casual employee - Respondent removed mileage travel allowance with little consultation - Allowance implied term of employment agreement - Respondent breached employment agreement - Breach not sufficiently serious to warrant resignation - No constructive dismissal - BREACH OF CONTRACT - Removal of allowance breached employment agreement - Remedies available included possible compliance order - Applicant's resignation preempted right to compliance order - Penalty action would have been out of time - COSTS - Both parties at fault - Costs to lie where they fall
Result Application dismissed ; Costs to lie where they fall
Statutes ERA s134;ERA s135(5)
Cases Cited Grant v Superstrike Bowling Centres Ltd [1992] 1 ERNZ 727;Wellington etc Clerical Workers IUOW v Greenwich [1983] ACJ 965
Number of Pages 5
PDF File Link: aa 100_04.pdf [pdf 30 KB]