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Suhr v Prolife Foods Ltd
J Crichton [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL – Serious Misconduct – Applicant claimed unjustifiably dismissed by respondent – Respondent claimed applicant justifiably dismissed for misappropriation of company property – Authority found applicant misled manager deliberately…
- Result:
- Application dismissed ; Costs reserved
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Rhind v Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development
R Larmer [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL – Serious Misconduct – Applicant claimed unjustifiably dismissed by respondent – Respondent claimed applicant justifiably dismissed for accessing files of friends and family – Authority found applicant understood…
- Result:
- Application dismissed; Costs reserved
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Edwards v Two Degrees Mobile Ltd
A Dumbleton [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Application to re-open investigation - Parties sought that Authority re-open investigation and Authority quash order relating to penalty against respondent – Authority ordered that, by consent…
- Result:
- Application granted ; Orders accordingly ; No order for costs
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Petersen v SB Auto Ltd
A Fitzgibbon [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL – Serious Misconduct – Applicant claimed unjustifiably dismissed by respondent – Authority found applicant did not need to ask respondent for permission before purchasing item for personal use…
- Result:
- Application granted ; Contributory conduct (50%) ; Compensation for humiliation etc ($2,500) ; Reimbursement of lost wages ($4,104) ; Costs reserved
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Hiha v Crane Distribution NZ Ltd
A Fitzgibbon [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- COSTS – Unsuccessful personal grievance claim – Less than one day investigation meeting – Respondent sought $3,000 contribution towards costs – Applicant agreed to quantum of costs sought by respondent…
- Result:
- Costs in favour of respondent ($3,000)
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Findlay v Ports of Auckland Ltd
A Fitzgibbon [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- COSTS - Unsuccessful personal grievance - One day investigation meeting - Respondent sought $3,500 contribution towards costs - Applicant claimed no costs award should be made as proceedings appropriately brought…
- Result:
- Costs in favour of respondent ($3,200)
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G v H (a former employee of G's)
M B Loftus [Employment Relations Authority - Christchurch]
- Summary:
- PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Application for interim suppression of respondent’s identity – Authority found Authority potentially nullifying effect of another body’s decision would frustrate administration of justice – Application for…
- Result:
- Application partially granted ; Orders made ; Costs reserved
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Vollmer v The Wood Life Care (2007) Ltd
H Doyle [Employment Relations Authority - Christchurch]
- Summary:
- PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Admissibility of evidence including email, second document, disputed paragraph and series of correspondence – Authority found email only posed question and was not correspondence to which…
- Result:
- Orders made ; Costs reserved
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Miller Studios Ltd v Day
M B Loftus [Employment Relations Authority - Christchurch]
- Summary:
- COMPLIANCE ORDER – Applicant sought compliance with parties’ settlement agreement (“SA”) – Authority found respondent failed to comply with SA – Compliance ordered – Interest payable on instalments outstanding under…
- Result:
- Applications granted ; Compliance ordered ; Interest (5%)(instalments outstanding under settlement agreement) ; Penalty $500 (payable to applicant) ; Disbursements in favour of applicant ($70)(filing fee) ; No order for costs
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Robertson v Arcad Ltd
R A Monaghan [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- RAISING PERSONAL GRIEVANCE – Whether unjustified disadvantage grievance raised within 90 days – Authority found action amounting to unjustified disadvantage grievance was issuing of warning rather than failure to withdraw…
- Result:
- Applications granted (unjustified dismissal)(counterclaim – penalty – good faith) ; Contributory conduct (percentage unspecified) ; Reimbursement of lost wages ($5,000) ; Compensation for humiliation etc ($3,000) ; Penalty ($500)(payable to respondent) ; Application dismissed (raising personal grievance) ; Costs reserved