Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Auckland
Reference No AA 130/01
Determination date 13 September 2001
Member D King
Representation AM Hendra ; K Raureti
Location Auckland
Parties Lockley v MJ & J Pelham Ltd
Summary UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Constructive dismissal - Whether dismissed or resigned - Refused to drive unsafe truck - Told to go home following altercation with owner - Believed he had been dismissed - Alleged no dismissal - Requested to return to work after repairs made - Offers of reinstatement rejected - No actual dismissal - Owner breached duty owed to applicant - Amounted to constructive dismissal - Truck driver
Result Application granted ; Compensation for humiliation etc ($6,000) ; Costs reserved
Cases Cited Auckland etc Shop Employees etc IUOW v Woolworths (NZ) Ltd [1985] ACJ 963
Number of Pages 6
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