Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Auckland
Reference No AA 111/05
Hearing date 24 Jan 2005 - 25 Jan 2005 (2 days)
Determination date 31 March 2005
Member V Campbell
Representation A Gordon ; J O'Connell
Location Auckland
Parties Power v Areva (NZ) Ltd, formerly Alstom (NZ) Ltd
Summary UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Dismissal justified - Manner in which applicant dealt with disposal of scrap metal - Applicant failed to meet obligations to account for funds received from sale of scrap metal in appropriate manner - Suffered stress as result of one disciplinary meeting - Disciplinary process less than satisfactory but deficiencies not so great that an otherwise justified dismissal should be found to be unjustified - Dismissal justified - Alleged breached obligations of good faith when conducting disciplinary process - No breach of good faith - Contract manager
Result Application dismissed ; Costs reserved
Cases Cited NZ (with exceptions) Food Processing etc IUOW v Unilever NZ Ltd [1990] 1 NZILR 35
Number of Pages 10
PDF File Link: aa 111_05.pdf [pdf 42 KB]