Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Auckland
Reference No [2011] NZERA Auckland 120
Hearing date 24 Mar 2011
Determination date 29 March 2011
Member Y S Oldfield
Representation M Donovan ; no appearance
Location Auckland
Parties Gosalia v Stapleton & Co Accountants Ltd
Summary COMPLIANCE ORDER - Applicant sought compliance with mediated settlement agreement (“SA”) - No appearance for respondent - Respondent claimed business had been sold and not in financial position to make payments required in SA in lump sum - Respondent also claimed applicant failed to comply with requirement of SA that return confidential information belonging to respondent - Authority found respondent had failed to make payments required under SA - Found payments due not expressed to be contingent on applicant complying with requirement to return information - However, Authority found not reasonable to require respondent to comply with its obligations when applicant not met his - Therefore applicant ordered to comply with requirements of SA and return information within specified time - Respondent ordered to comply with requirements on SA and make outstanding payments within specified time - Authority satisfied interest should be awarded on sums claimed by applicant to put him back in position would have been had terms of SA been complied with
Result Compliance ordered ; Interest (4%) ; No order for costs
Main Category Compliance Order
Statutes Employment Court Regulations 2000 r11(1)(f);ERA s137(2);ERA Second Schedule
Cases Cited House v Independent Power NZ Ltd unreported, A Dumbleton, 10 Aug 2004, AA 250/04
Number of Pages 7
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