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Bolton v Telecom New Zealand Ltd
Y S Oldfield [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Grievance raised out of time - Minimum requirement that employer know identity of applicant and existence of personal grievance - Applicant made reasonable arrangements to have…
- Result:
- Application granted ; Orders accordingly ; Costs reserved
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Budden v Telecom New Zealand Ltd
Y S Oldfield [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- RAISING OF PERSONAL GRIEVANCE - Whether grievance submitted within 90-day period - Unjustified dismissal - Notified to attend mediation but not informed of nature of grievance - Lower threshold than…
- Result:
- Leave to submit grievance out of time granted ; Costs reserved
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Harrison v Corporate Dial A Driver Ltd
WRC Gardiner [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- ARREARS OF WAGES AND HOLIDAY PAY - Dispute over agreed weekly wage - Continued to work for 1ï¾½ years despite shortfall in wages - Credibility - Respondent's evidence preferred -…
- Result:
- Application granted in part ; Arrears of wages ($407.04) ; Arrears of holiday pay ($2,696.43) ; Interest ($150) ; Costs reserved
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Cribb v Ngati Kahungunu Ki Wairarapa Maori Executive Taiwhenua Iwi Authority Inc
S Bathgate [Employment Relations Authority - Wellington]
- Summary:
- COSTS - Successful personal grievance - Respondent insolvent - Order for costs unlikely to be met
- Result:
- Costs to lie where they fall
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Evans International Freight Systems Ltd v Dial
R A Monaghan [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Application for removal of proceedings to Employment Court - Injunctions relating to alleged breach of confidentiality and restraint of trade clause sought against both previous employee…
- Result:
- Application granted ; Proceedings removed to Employment Court ; No order for costs
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Lunjevich v Attorney General in respect of the Department of Corrections
D King [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- INTERIM INJUNCTION - Application for interim reinstatement - Jurisdiction - Whether interim relief could be granted against the Crown - Nothing in ERA to prevent state employees having the potential…
- Result:
- Application granted ; Interim reinstatement ordered ; Costs reserved
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Dorward v Lifecare Management Ltd t/a Olive Tree Apartments
G J Wood [Employment Relations Authority - Wellington]
- Summary:
- UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Technical redundancy - Dismissed prior to sale of business - Alleged termination should have taken place after sale - Declined offer of employment with new owner -…
- Result:
- Application dismissed ; Costs reserved
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Daly v New Zealand Trade Development Board
N Taylor [Employment Relations Authority - Christchurch]
- Summary:
- UNJUSTIFIED DISADVANTAGE - Extended sick leave - Letters of support from respondent - Phone call from human resources manager enquiring into her return to work - Warned that office was…
- Result:
- Application granted in part ; Compensation for humiliation etc ($10,000) ; Order for suppression of applicant's health details ; Costs reserved
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Milne v Growing and Learning Unlimited Ltd
D King [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - No appearance for respondent - Given letter containing allegations and suspended from work - Not told purpose of disciplinary meeting or details of allegations - Dismissed during…
- Result:
- Application granted ; Reimbursement of lost wages ($1,120)(Notice) ; Compensation for humiliation etc ($3,000) ; Arrears of holiday pay ($1,658.80) ; No order for costs
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Dodd and Anor v New Zealand Public Service Association and Anor
S Bathgate [Employment Relations Authority - Wellington]
- Summary:
- UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Refused changes to work allocation - Several meetings held over several months - Meeting with sector co-ordinator became heated - Warned that failure to comply with instruction…
- Result:
- Application dismissed ; Costs reserved