Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Auckland
Reference No AA 262/08
Hearing date 30 Jun 2008
Determination date 18 July 2008
Member L Robinson
Representation J Ka ; P MacDonald
Location Auckland
Parties Tatupu v Bledisoe New Zealand Ltd
Summary INJUNCTION – Application for interim reinstatement – Applicant dismissed for incompatibility – Applicant lodged undertaking to abide by any Authority order in respect of damages that may be sustained through granting interim reinstatement – Authority did not assess application on its merits as considered applicant unable to meet undertaking – Authority found applicant did not understand effect of undertaking – Authority required applicant to provide evidence that had means to satisfy undertaking and of financial hardship – Applicant provided evidence of family’s budget and pledge by applicant’s mother-in-law (“P”) that would borrow money against equity of residential property – Found budget showed expenditure greater than income - Found pledge by P insufficient as no evidence of value of property, pledge not equivalent to pledge by applicant and doubted whether P could be compelled to meet pledge – Found undertaking significant requirement in reinstatement application and could sway balance of convenience test – Found applicant did not have means to satisfy undertaking provided – Application not supported by effective undertaking – Authority declined to consider application for interim reinstatement further – Application declined – Mediation ordered - Funeral director
Result Application dismissed ; Orders made ; Costs reserved
Main Category Injunction
Statutes ERA s127;ERA s127(3)
Cases Cited NZ Amalgamated Engineering Printing & Manufacturing Union Inc v Air Nelson Limited unreported, Colgan CJ, 17 June 2007, CC 12/07
Number of Pages 4
PDF File Link: aa 262_08.pdf [pdf 21 KB]