Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Auckland
Reference No AA 23A/10
Determination date 01 March 2010
Member R A Monaghan
Location Auckland
Parties Whyte v Creative Force Media Ltd
Summary COSTS - Successful personal grievance - Unsuccessful arrears of holiday and penalty claims - One day investigation meeting - Applicant sought contribution of $2,000 to $3,000 to costs based on notional daily rate for one day investigation meeting - Applicant’s advocate withdrew before investigation meeting and attended meeting as witness only but evidence showed carried out significant amount of preparatory work on applicant’s behalf - Found from evidence not possible to identify whether respondent had valid claim for contribution to costs of professional representation, and if so what amount - Found applicant successful party in personal grievance claim - Found applicant’s claim based on entitlements carried over from previous employer weak and respondent successful party - Found on matter relating to applicant’s holiday pay entitlement parties had similar degrees of success - Found based on overall weighting of areas and degrees of success appropriate for costs to lie where they fall
Result Costs to lie where they fall
Main Category Costs
Number of Pages 2
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