Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Auckland
Reference No [2011] NZERA Auckland 282
Determination date 01 July 2011
Member E Robinson
Representation D Martin ; S Gordon
Location Auckland
Parties Doake v Juni Uni Ltd
Summary COMPLIANCE ORDER - Applicant sought compliance with Record of Settlement (settlement") - Settlement provided respondent would pay applicant $2,600 compensation - Applicant received $1,849 compensation after deductions for PAYE, student loan repayments and Kiwisaver contributions - Respondent claimed settlement referred to 4 weeks gross wages and parties agreed settlement's reference to s123(1)(c)(i) Employment Relations Act 2000 be removed as payment not compensation - Applicant claimed payment compensation and settlement referred separately to wages and holiday pay in another clause - Authority found compensatory sum not intended to be wages as settlement made separate provision for wages and holiday pay - Found settlement wording indicated compensatory payment and reasonable inference full amount would be paid to applicant - Applicant entitled to outstanding balance of $750 - Compliance ordered"
Result Compliance ordered ; Costs reserved
Main Category Compliance Order
Statutes ERA s123(1)(b);ERA s149
Cases Cited Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Brunswick Building Society [1998] 1 WLR 896;Madsen v Aotearoa International Ltd [1995] 1 ERNZ 325;New Zealand Insurance Guild IUOW v Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance of New Zealand Ltd [1978] ACJ 151;Trotter v Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Ltd [1993] 2 ERNZ 659;Unkovich v Air New Zealand Ltd [1993] 1 ERNZ 526;Vector Gas Ltd v Bay of Plenty Energy Ltd [2010] 2 NZLR 444
Number of Pages 8
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