Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Wellington
Reference No WA 97/10
Hearing date 8 Apr 2010
Determination date 14 May 2010
Member G J Wood
Representation P Whitehead ; S Wilson
Location Wellington
Parties Whitehead v Modica Group Ltd
Summary ARREARS OF WAGES – DISPUTE – Whether applicant underpaid performance bonus pursuant to employment agreement (“EA”) – Applicant claimed bonus to be calculated quarterly and uncapped – Claimed failure to calculate bonus correctly led to underpayment - Respondent argued no underpayment – Bonus clause provided bonus payment paid quarterly based on achievement of task based targets and uncapped – Authority found and parties accepted, performance bonus assessed quarterly pursuant to EA – Found applicant correctly paid on quarterly calculation – Found uncapped portion of bonus to be assessed on annual basis consistent with annual targets – Found bonus clause for performance over the year – Found applicant left employment before reaching 100 percent of revenue target to qualify for out-performance bonus – Question answered in favour of respondent – Application dismissed
Result Question answered in favour of respondent ; Application dismissed ; Costs reserved
Main Category Arrears
Number of Pages 4
PDF File Link: wa 97_10.pdf [pdf 19 KB]