• Hamilton v Frontline Finance Ltd

    P Cheyne [Employment Relations Authority - Christchurch]

    Summary:
    COSTS - Costs submissions filed out of time by applicant - No objection to late filing by respondent - Time extended - Successful personal grievance - One day investigation meeting…
    Result:
    Costs in favour of applicant ($1,500) ; Disbursements ($1,465.76)
    • 01 June 2001

    • CA 11A/01

  • Pearce v Ahmed t/a Ahmed Manufacturing

    D King [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]

    Summary:
    UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - No appearance for respondent - Employed during negotiations for new premises - No written contract - Assurances for future given - Dismissed when negotiations failed - No…
    Result:
    Application granted ; Reimbursement of lost wages ($400) ; Compensation for humiliation etc ($4,000) ; Penalty payable to applicant ($1,000) ; Costs in favour of applicant ($270)(Including filing fee)
  • AB Ltd v Brown & Anor

    A Dumbleton [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]

    Summary:
    PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Supplementary order - Anton Piller order and interim injunction issued and executed - Permanent suppression order - Reputation of parties likely to be harmed - Substantive…
    Result:
    Orders accordingly ; Consent order granted ; No order for costs
    • 01 June 2001

    • AA 41A/01

  • New Zealand Merchant Sercice Guild Industrial Union Incorporated and Anor v Pacific Shipping (1985) Ltd

    G J Wood [Employment Relations Authority - Wellington]

    Summary:
    PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Interlocutory application for proceedings to be transferred from Wellington to Christchurch - Respondent's head office in Christchurch - Majority of staff who were members of applicant…
    Result:
    Application dismissed ; Orders accordingly ; No order for costs
    • 31 May 2001

    • WA 26/01

  • Hammond v UpMarketing & Sales Ltd

    P Cheyne [Employment Relations Authority - Christchurch]

    Summary:
    UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Constructive dismissal - Whether resignation or dismissal - Requested time off - Resigned after respondent insisted on paying her holiday pay - Told to take payment or…
    Result:
    Application granted ; Reimbursement of lost wages ($6,513.24) ; Compensation for humiliation etc ($1,500) ; Costs reserved
    • 29 May 2001

    • CA 20/01

  • Mouw v Farmers Trading Company Ltd

    N Taylor [Employment Relations Authority - Christchurch]

    Summary:
    UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Serious misconduct - Summary dismissal - Whether substantively and procedurally justified - Warnings given for failure to follow hire purchase transaction procedures - Complaints made for speaking…
    Result:
    Application dismissed ; Costs reserved
    • 29 May 2001

    • CA 19/01

  • Association of Staff In Tertiary Education: ASTE Te Hau Takitini o Aotearoa v Bay of Plenty Polytechnic

    R A Monaghan [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]

    Summary:
    COMPLIANCE ORDER - Applicants party to individual employment agreement following restructuring - Whether covered by collective employment agreement - Interpretation and application of term responsible" - Positions not directly involved…
    Result:
    Application dismissed ; Costs reserved
    • 29 May 2001

    • AA 61/01

  • Tortoiseshell v Solitaire International Ltd

    A Dumbleton [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]

    Summary:
    ARREARS OF WAGES - Whether day worked to be paid as overtime - Whether time sheets modified - Whether bonus owing - Worked on statutory holidays - Told by respondent's…
    Result:
    Application dismissed ; No order for costs
    • 29 May 2001

    • AA 60/01

  • Beardsley v Canpac International Ltd

    Y S Oldfield [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]

    Summary:
    COSTS - Unsuccessful personal grievance - One day investigation meeting - Contribution of $12,500 to costs of $26,929 sought - Actual level of costs incurred extraordinarily high - Cost awards…
    Result:
    Costs in favour of respondent ($3,000) ; Disbursements ($570.60)
    • 29 May 2001

    • AA 39A/01

  • Ashworth v Tokoroa Club Inc

    WRC Gardiner [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]

    Summary:
    UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Redundancy - Applicant's position and another identical position restructured into one new position - Dismissed and given option to apply along with outside applicants for new position…
    Result:
    Application granted ; Reinstatement ordered ; Reimbursement of lost wages ($3,895.65) ; Compensation for humiliation etc ($4,000) ; Costs reserved