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Carruthers v Real Groovy Records Ltd
D King [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- CONSENT ORDER - Agreement as to costs reached - Costs to lie where they fall - Applicant not to file an appeal - Authority to record agreement as consent order
- Result:
- Consent order granted ; No order for costs
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30 November 2001
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AA 132A/01
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Johnson v Spencer t/a Caffe Rossini
Y S Oldfield [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Serious misconduct - Absent due to illness - Attempted to contact applicant during sick leave - Refused attempt to return to work - Required certification of fitness…
- Result:
- Application granted ; Reimbursement of lost wages ($1,789)(13 weeks) ; Compensation for humiliation etc ($3,000) ; Arrears of wages ($611.98) ; Costs in favour of applicant ($1,500)
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29 November 2001
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AA 202/01
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Booth and Ors v Metro Reproimaging Ltd and Anor
J Wilson [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- DISPUTE - Whether employed by new company - Original employer merged with another to form new company - Whether offered and accepted positions with new company or continued to be…
- Result:
- Application dismissed ; Redundancy compensation owing to first and second respondents (Quantum to be determined by parties) ; Orders accordingly ; Costs reserved
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28 November 2001
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AA 201/01
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Apineru v Locat Publishing Company Ltd
J Wilson [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- COMPLIANCE ORDER - No appearance for respondent - Compliance with terms of mediated settlement sought - Payment withheld after alleged breach of confidentiality clause - No authority to withhold payment…
- Result:
- Compliance order granted ; Costs in favour of applicant ($750)(Including filing fee)
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28 November 2001
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AA 200/01
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Bingham v ANZ Banking Group (New Zealand) Limited
D Asher [Employment Relations Authority - Wellington]
- Summary:
- UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Serious misconduct - Files with pornographic material discovered on applicant's computer - Policy that storage of pornographic material on work computers constituted serious misconduct - Fair notice…
- Result:
- Application granted ; Reimbursement of lost wages (Actual loss of nearly three months to be calculated by parties) ; Loss of benefit (Quantum to be calculated by parties)(Superannuation) ; Compensation for humiliation etc ($3,000) ; Costs reserved
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27 November 2001
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WA 86/01
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Ryu v The Grand (New Zealand) Company Ltd
Y S Oldfield [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Whether constructive dismissal - Whether demoted to assistant manager - English second language - Another employee hired at same time to assist in manager's role - Both…
- Result:
- Application dismissed (Unjustified dismissal) ; Appliction dismissed (Penalty) ; Costs reserved
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27 November 2001
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AA 199/01
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Dunn v Arrow Personnel Ltd
D King [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Redundancy - Whether dismissed - Applicant told she was not competent of her position's new duties and that employment terminated - Termination by redundancy amounted to a…
- Result:
- Application granted in part ; Reimbursement of lost wages ($8,832) ; Compensation for hurt and humiliation ($4,000) ; Costs reserved
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27 November 2001
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AA 198/01
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Ms A v Rullo t/a Casablanca
J Wilson [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Publication of applicant's identity prohibited - No appearance for respondents - No statements in reply filed - Representative of third respondent overseas - No request to…
- Result:
- Application granted in part ; Reimbursement of lost wages ($600)(One week) ; Compensation for humiliation ($3,500) ; Arrears of holiday pay ($6,769) ; Costs in favour of applicant ($1,500)
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26 November 2001
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AA 197/01
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Carswell v Colwell t/a Henry Africas Restaurant
P Cheyne [Employment Relations Authority - Christchurch]
- Summary:
- COMPLIANCE ORDER - Compliance with terms of mediated settlement sought - No appearance for respondent - Stated could not appear as father seriously ill - Evidence did not support reason…
- Result:
- Orders accordingly ; Costs reserved
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23 November 2001
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CA 65/01
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Parore v Sheldon & Hammond (Pty) Ltd
Y S Oldfield [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Fixed-term contract - Hired to assist in extra work over Christmas - Office assistant resigned - Required to undertake office duties until permanent employee appointed - Second…
- Result:
- Application dismissed ; Costs reserved