Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Auckland
Reference No AA 174/04
Hearing date 12 May 2004
Determination date 14 May 2004
Member K J Anderson
Representation T Oldfield ; No appearance
Location Auckland
Parties Channing v Prestige Limousines Ltd
Summary UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - No appearance by respondent - Constructive dismissal - Failure to pay wages due - Classic case of resignation caused by breach of duty - Dismissal unjustified - Remedies - Found new employment after 7 weeks - Taken into account that evicted from rental property and car repossessed as unable to pay creditors - Very short period of employment - ARREARS OF WAGES AND HOLIDAY PAY - Monies due and owing
Result Application granted ; Reimbursement of lost wages (7 weeks)($3,920) ; Compensation for humiliation, etc ($2,500) ; Arrears of wages and holiday pay ($1,636.83) ; Costs reserved
Statutes Employment Relations Authority Regulations r16(3)(a)(iii);ERA Second Schedule cl12
Cases Cited Auckland Electric Power Board v Auckland Provincial District Local Authorities Officers IUOW [1994] 1 ERNZ 168; [1994] 2 NZLR 415
Number of Pages 3
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