| Restrictions | OK |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | Employment Relations Authority - Auckland |
| Reference No | AA 255/02 |
| Hearing date | 21 Aug 2002 |
| Determination date | 26 August 2002 |
| Member | WRC Gardiner |
| Representation | GA Walsh ; A Hope |
| Location | Auckland |
| Parties | Maybe v Diane Cooper |
| Summary | UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Whether constructive dismissal - Whether actual dismissal - Alleged subjected to written abuse followed by verbal abuse - Alleged threatened if left premises would be dismissed - Credibility - Respondent's evidence preferred - Words used were complaints not abuse - No constructive dismissal - Applicant chose to leave - No dismissal - Nanny |
| Result | Application dismissed ; Costs reserved |
| Cases Cited | Auckland Shop etc Employees etc IUOW v Woolworths (NZ) Ltd [1985] ACJ 963; [1985] 2 NZLR 372;Holley v Country Foods NZ Ltd unreported, Goddard CJ, 24 April 1996, WEC 20/96;NZ Woollen Workers IUOW v Distinctive Knitwear NZ Ltd [1990] 2 NZILR 438;Wellington etc Clerical Workers' Union v Barraud & Abraham Ltd [1970] 70 BA 347;Wellington etc Clerical Workers' Union v Greenwich [1983] ACJ 965;Western Excavating Ltd v Sharp [1978] 1 All ER 713 |
| Number of Pages | 7 |
| PDF File Link: | aa 255_02.pdf [pdf 31 KB] |