Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Wellington
Reference No WA 82/10
Hearing date 20 Apr 2010
Determination date 30 April 2010
Member G J Wood
Representation G ogilvie ; J Langford
Location Wellington
Parties Kumar v Shree Shiv Shakti Ltd
Summary COMPLIANCE ORDER – Parties entered into mediated settlement where respondent required to make payments on instalment basis – Respondent accepted had not made payments owing as could not afford it – Respondent conceded could not make payments at time entered agreement – Authority accepted respondent in difficult financial position evidenced by financial accounts and rent issues – Authority concluded appropriate to set instalment payments at $200 per week – Found applicant may have to wait unnecessarily long time to receive monies, however, alternative may be respondent forced to cease trading where applicant might receive nothing – Found if respondent’s business sold then respondent ordered to pay applicant remaining balance in full – Found usually breach of mediated settlement would warrant substantial penalty, however penalty likely to impose greater burden in circumstances – Compliance ordered
Result Compliance ordered ; No order for costs
Main Category Compliance Order
Statutes ERA s138(4);ERA s149;ERA Schedule 2 cl10
Number of Pages 4
PDF File Link: wa 82_10.pdf [pdf 18 KB]