Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Christchurch
Reference No CA 60/04
Hearing date 30 Apr 2004
Determination date 25 May 2004
Member P Cheyne
Representation J Drummond ; C Stuart
Location Christchurch
Parties Trembath v Chief Executive Officer, Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology
Summary PERSONAL GRIEVANCE - Applicant made redundant but entitled to discounted tuition fees for further year - One condition of discount that no eligible member of public should be displaced by person applying for fee discount - Applicant's wife enrolled in popular course - Application for discounted fees declined on grounds that respondent received more applications for course than available places - Two students did not show up to course on start date - Respondent did not offer vacancies to other unsuccessful students - Alleged should have got discounted fees - At time application for discount declined, were more students than places available - Later change did not effect merits of decision to decline discount application - No basis for suggestion of improper behaviour - Proper consideration given to application and was correctly declined - Respondent entitled to take matter of debt recovery in respect of fees up again
Result Application dismissed ; Costs reserved
Number of Pages 3
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