Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Auckland
Reference No AA 38/01
Determination date 03 May 2001
Member A Dumbleton
Representation Lovelock in person ; Johnston in person
Location Auckland
Parties Lovelock v Johnston
Summary UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Poor performance - Summary dismissal - One week's wages paid in lieu of notice - No explicit warnings given - Failure to act fairly and reasonably - Failure to give adequate warnings rendered dismissal unjustified - Foreman
Result Application granted ; Compensation for humiliation etc ($1,500) ; Costs to lie where they fall ; Disbursements in favour of applicant ($70)(Filing fee)
Cases Cited Pacific Forum Line Ltd v NZ Merchant Service Guild IUOW [1991] 3 ERNZ 1035;Polkey v AE Dayton Services Ltd [1987] 3 All ER 974;Trotter v Telecom Corporation of NZ Ltd [1993] 2 ERNZ 659
Number of Pages 3
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