Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Wellington
Reference No WA 174/09
Hearing date 10 Nov 2009
Determination date 11 November 2009
Member D Asher
Representation R Jamieson ; no appearance, J Tannahill
Location Wellington
Parties Body v PCT No 1 Ltd & Anor
Other Parties Clark
Summary COMPLIANCE ORDER – Applicant sought compliance with record of settlement – No appearance for first respondent – Respondent agreed to pay $2,250 to applicant on without prejudice and denial of liability basis within 7 days of settlement – Respondent also agreed to pay legal costs of $750 plus GST – Payment not effected – Shortly after agreement reached business sold due to financial difficulties – Authority found no evidence respondent unable to pay – Compliance ordered – PENALTY – Applicant sought penalty of $5,000 – Applicant frustrated by respondent’s failure to comply with agreed settlement – Found respondent’s failure to appear and failure to pay monies satisfied grounds to apply penalty – $500 penalty payable to applicant
Result Compliance ordered ; Interest (6%) ; Penalty ($500)(payable to applicant) ; Costs reserved
Main Category Compliance Order
Statutes ERA s221
Cases Cited Heritage Expeditions Ltd v Fraser unreported, Couch J, 26 Aug 2009, CC 11/09;Square 1 Service Group Ltd v Butler [1994] ERNZ 667;Xu v McIntosh [2004] 2 ERNZ 448
Number of Pages 6
PDF File Link: wa 174_09.pdf [pdf 20 KB]