Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Auckland
Reference No AA 387/09
Hearing date 18 Jun 2009
Determination date 04 November 2009
Member A Dumbleton
Representation A Lloyd, I Foote ; K Thompson
Location Auckland
Parties Jamieson v Air New Zealand Ltd
Summary UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL – Redundancy – Authority found redundancy genuine – Applicant subject to collective employment agreement (“CEA”) – Union concurred with respondent in making variation to particular criteria in redundancy provisions of CEA – Respondent used selection criteria for redundancies – Found under selection criteria applicant not given credit for long service as flight attendant in domestic operations – Selection criteria applied to applicant and position selected for redundancy – Selection provisional because applicant offered opportunity to comment on selection criteria and application – Applicant wrote to respondent objecting that no account taken of long and successful period of 11 years continuous current service – Found respondent acted as fair and reasonable employer – Dismissal justified – PENALTY – Found no basis for claims for penalty for breach of good faith – Flight attendant
Result Application dismissed ; Costs reserved
Main Category Personal Grievance
Statutes ERA s4;ERA s4(1A);ERA s56;ERA s103A
Number of Pages 7
PDF File Link: aa 387_09.pdf [pdf 35 KB]