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Mail v Alpha Holdings International Ltd
WRC Gardiner [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- JURISDICTION - Arrears of wages and holiday pay claim - Whether employee or independent contractor - No employment agreement, job description or letter of appointment - No full time staff…
- Result:
- Application dismissed ; No order for costs
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Warren v Advance Personnel Ltd
D King [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Constructive dismissal - Alleged dismissed after raised issue of unpaid bonuses - Disputed whether commission structure explained - Threatened to resign - Highly disruptive, critical and abusive…
- Result:
- Application dismissed ; Costs reserved
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Sheerin v Jamieson Castles Barrister & Solicitors
D King [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Serious misconduct - Failed to desist from making allegations of affair between partner and secretary - Claimed never made allegations - Credibility - Respondent's evidence preferred -…
- Result:
- Application dismissed ; Costs reserved
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McSweeney v Lynton Investments Ltd t/a Milton Court Rest Home
J Wilson [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- COSTS - Partially successful arrears claim - Unsuccessful claim for penalty - Contribution of $809 sought to total costs of $2,618 - Contribution also sought by respondent - Sought to…
- Result:
- Costs in favour of respondent ($900)
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Symbiotics (NZ) Ltd v Lock
D King [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- CONSENT ORDER - Settlement of matter reached by parties - Suppression of all details ordered - Non-publication order granted - Settlement to be recorded by way of consent order
- Result:
- Consent order granted ; No order for costs
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McFetridge v Sound Around Ltd
D King [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Serious misconduct - Worked for other people in own time without consent - Alleged illegal deductions from wages and tools illegally withheld - Counterclaim that monies owed…
- Result:
- Application dismissed ; Costs reserved
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Lincoln v Buchanan Group Ltd
Y S Oldfield [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- COSTS - Unsuccessful personal grievance - No jurisdiction - Costs submissions received out of time - Alleged unable to contact applicant's representative - Alleged failed to act diligently within required…
- Result:
- Costs to lie where they fall
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Rundle v Nulon Ltd
Y S Oldfield [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- UNJUSTIFIED DISADVANTAGE - Alleged refusal to honour promise to redeem or purchase shares arising from employment contract - Compliance with employment contract sought - Shares in company sold to fellow…
- Result:
- Application granted in part ; Compensation for humiliation etc ($5,000) ; Arrears of holiday pay ($9,391.88)(By consent) ; Interest (5 percent) ; Costs reserved
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New Zealand Amalgamated Engineering, Printing & Manufacturing Union (Inc) v Norske Skog Tasman Ltd
K J Anderson [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Application for matter to be removed to Employment Court - Concurrent proceedings in Court involving same parties and issues - Appropriate that matter be removed
- Result:
- Application granted ; Matter removed to Employment Court ; No order for costs
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28 February 2002
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AA 52/02
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Harrod v dmg world media (nz) Ltd
Y S Oldfield [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- COSTS - Unsuccessful personal grievance - Matter subject to appeal to Employment Court - Contribution of $4,000 sought to total costs of $15,565 - Calderbank offer rejected - One day…
- Result:
- Costs in favour of respondent ($4,000)
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28 February 2002
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AA 44/02