Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Auckland
Reference No AA 270/06
Hearing date 18 Jul 2006
Determination date 22 August 2006
Member D King
Representation R J Hooker ; J Holden
Location Auckland
Parties Hawea v The Attorney General in respect of The Chief Executive Officer of the Child youth and family Services of Wellington
Summary RAISING PERSONAL GRIEVANCE - Whether grievances raised within 90-day period - Whether grievances brought to attention of respondent - Respondent not aware was anything to respond to, believed first issue dealt with - Workload issue raised in context of management issue - Applicant did not dispute what needed to be done regarding workload - Applicant made no attempt to follow up complaints - Mere expression of dissatisfaction did not constitute submission of grievances - Claimed traumatised by failure of respondent to respond to first grievance, that unable to consider raising others - No evidence supporting claim - No exceptional circumstances - Social worker
Result Application dismissed ; Costs reserved
Statutes ERA s114(1), ERA s114(2), ERA s114(4)(a), ERA s115
Cases Cited Bryson v Three Foot Six Ltd unreported, PR Stapp, 10 February 2006, WA 20/06;Creedy v Commissioner of Police [2006] 1 ERNZ 517;Farmers Trading Co Ltd v Opuariki [1998] 1 ERNZ 313;Goodall v Marigny (NZ) Ltd [2000] 2 ERNZ 60;Scott v Chief Executive of Department of Corrections unreported, D Asher, 20 February 2006, WA 29/06;Tarawhiti v Mainland Products [2002] 2 ERNZ 708;Telecom NZ Ltd v Morgan [2004] 2 ERNZ 9
Number of Pages 5
PDF File Link: aa 270_06.pdf [pdf 25 KB]