Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Auckland
Reference No AA 81A/05
Hearing date 21 Jul 2005
Determination date 14 October 2005
Member Y S Oldfield
Representation AH Jooste (applicant in person) ; D Fetherston (respondent in person)
Location Auckland
Parties Jooste v Fetherston and Ors
Other Parties Fetherston, Risk Management Holdings Ltd, BBBHL Ltd, Automated Maintenance Holdings Ltd
Summary UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Meeting between applicant and first respondent - First respondent requested return of company property, purported to dismiss applicant as a director and threatened to bring in police - Amounted to a sending away - Unjustified dismissal - ARREARS OF WAGES - Arrears of wages due and owing - Whether share purchase agreement and its successor were incorporated into employment agreement - Did form part of terms and conditions of employment - Applicant had paid $96,000 of the share purchase price - Entitled to reimbursement of that amount - Identity of employer - Third and fifth respondents were employer and were jointly and severally liable for amounts owing
Result Application granted ; Arrears of wages ($202,000) ; ($96,000)(Reimbursement of share purchase price) ; Reimbursement of lost wages ($60,000)(Three months) ; Reimbursement of expenses ($4,000)(Three months) ; Compensation for humiliation etc ($5,000) ; Costs reserved
Number of Pages 5
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