Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Auckland
Reference No AA 119/10
Determination date 12 March 2010
Member D King
Location Auckland
Parties Thickpenny v Superior Sheetmetals Ltd
Summary COSTS – Successful personal grievance – Length of investigation meeting not specified – Applicant sought $3,000 contribution to costs plus disbursements – Respondent argued amount sought unreasonable and unrealistic because redundancy genuine but procedure flawed – Respondent claimed settlement offers made – Authority found no evidence of Calderbank offers – Found costs sought reasonable
Result Costs in favour of applicant ($3,000) ; Disbursements in favour of applicant ($390.40)(photocopying, faxes and filing fee)
Main Category Costs
Cases Cited PBO Ltd (formerly Rush Security Ltd) v Da Cruz [2005] ERNZ 808
Number of Pages 2
PDF File Link: aa 119_10.pdf [pdf 13 KB]