Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Wellington
Reference No WA 116/10
Determination date 28 June 2010
Member D Asher
Representation M MacManus ; M Gapp
Location Wellington
Parties Greer v Pro Parts Palmerston North Ltd
Summary COMPLIANCE ORDER – Applicant resubmitted application seeking compliance with mediated settlement – Respondent agreed to pay applicant sum under settlement agreement – Payment not made by agreed date – Authority previously accepted respondent not able to comply and parties agreed on weekly payment rate respondent could afford – Authority reserved leave should respondent not meet weekly payments – Respondent unilaterally reduced weekly payment amount – Applicant sought proof of financial difficulties and warned would take further Authority action – Respondent refused to provide information sought – Authority found burden of loss weighed more on applicant than respondent – Found unreasonable for applicant to face possibility of further unilateral deductions given absence of financial records and failure to communicate by respondent – Found respondent’s breaches were good faith issue – Found unreasonable to allow respondent further discretion – Authority ordered respondent to pay entire sum owing within 28 days of determination – Compliance ordered
Result Compliance ordered ; Disbursements in favour of applicant ($70.00)(Filing fee)
Main Category Compliance Order
Statutes ERA s149
Cases Cited Greer v Pro Parts Palmerston North Ltd unreported, D Asher, 27 Aug 2009, WA 119/09
Number of Pages 5
PDF File Link: wa 116_10.pdf [pdf 21 KB]