Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Auckland
Reference No AA 112/10
Hearing date 5 Mar 2010
Determination date 10 March 2010
Member Y S Oldfield
Representation T Leydon (in person) ; S Robertson-Welsh
Location Auckland
Parties Leydon v Effective Fencing Ltd
Summary PENALTY – COSTS – Applicant claimed respondent failed to comply with terms of settlement – Parties reached agreement on wording of written reference attached to terms of settlement at mediation – Applicant claimed respondent failed to supply copy of reference – Respondent supplied reference at investigation meeting – Applicant sought penalty but did not quantify claim – Applicant argued respondent’s failure to provide written reference compounded difficulties finding employment – Respondent argued proposed wording for reference couched in terms that could not be agreed to – Respondent claimed supplied certificate of service instead – Applicant denied receiving document – Respondent claimed no agreement about content of reference and applicant exaggerated effect of lacking reference from respondent – Authority found respondent to act in good faith in attempting to reach agreement about content of reference – Found certificate of service presented not dated and therefore unreliable – Found respondent attended second mediation to resolve outstanding issues – Found by signing reference respondent rectified breach – No penalty awarded
Result Application dismissed ; Disbursements in favour of applicant ($70)(filing fee)
Main Category Penalty
Number of Pages 4
PDF File Link: aa 112_10.pdf [pdf 15 KB]