Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Christchurch
Reference No CA 28/02
Determination date 18 March 2002
Member H Doyle
Representation F Wall ; P McBride
Location Christchurch
Parties McCleary v New Zealand Car Parts Ltd
Summary INTERIM INJUNCTION - Application for interim reinstatement - Unjustified dismissal proceedings - Poor performance - Dissatisfaction with performance over extended period - After-discovered misconduct - Arranged for production of calendar featuring topless women - Arguable case threshold not high - Serious question whether objective assessment of branch performance carried out - Undertakings from both parties - Difficulties in working relationships with managers - Serious inconvenience and potential detriment to respondent - Balance of convenience favoured respondent - No evidence of financial hardship - Willing to attend early mediation - Overall justice that interim reinstatement be refused - Branch manager
Result Application dismissed ; Costs reserved
Statutes ERA s127(1);ERA s127(4)
Cases Cited Eng Mee Yong v Letchumanan [1980] AC 331
Number of Pages 6
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