Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Auckland
Reference No AA 172A/02
Hearing date 24 Jun 2002 - 25 Jun 2002 (2 days)
Determination date 05 July 2002
Member A Dumbleton
Representation A-M Hendra ; CH Toogood QC, RL Towner
Location Auckland
Parties NZ Amalgamated Engineering, Printing & Manufacturing Union Inc. & Ors v Carter Holt Harvey Ltd
Other Parties Holmes, Hastie, Keith
Summary INJUNCTION - Good faith bargaining - Restructuring occurred at same time as collective agreement bargaining - Contracting out of services - Alleged breach of good faith bargaining and redundancy consultation - Alleged failure to disclose information relevant to bargaining - Applicants sought to vary existing employment agreement to allow bargaining over restructuring - Authority not permitted to modify or vary existing agreements - Consultation more than adequate - Contracting out not finalised - Not used to gain advantage during bargaining - Refusal to bargain over restructuring not breach of good faith - No false or misleading information - Claims unsubstantiated
Result Application dismissed ; Costs reserved
Statutes ERA s4(4)(d);ERA s33
Cases Cited Coutts Cars Ltd v Baguley [2001] ERNZ 660 ; [2002] 2 NZLR 533;Wellington International Airport Ltd v Air NZ [1993] 1 NZLR 671
Number of Pages 15
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