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Rembrandt Fine Arts Ltd v Plaister
P R Stapp [Employment Relations Authority - Wellington]
- Summary:
- DISPUTE - Terms and conditions of employment - Respondent left after one weeks notice - Whether four weeks notice needed - No written contract - Previously employed by respondent under…
- Result:
- Application granted ; Penalty ($300)(Crown) ; Costs in favour of applicant ($470)
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Ryna v A.C Contractors
R A Monaghan [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- JURISDICTION - Whether employee or contractor - Respondent not a legal body - Court unable to make determination - Minimal supervision - Hourly rate of pay inconclusive - Own set…
- Result:
- Application dismissed ; No order for costs
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Keating v New Zealand Bloodstock Ltd
D King [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Supplementary determination - Granted interim reinstatement on garden leave - Subsequently found to be unjustifiably dismissed - Dismissal inevitable - No wages lost as result of…
- Result:
- Orders accordingly ; No order for costs
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Hayden v Wellington Free Ambulance Service Inc
D Asher [Employment Relations Authority - Wellington]
- Summary:
- UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Casual employee of respondent - Applied for permanent position - Meetings to negotiate terms of agreement - Asked but refused to give up voluntary work for competitor…
- Result:
- Application dismissed ; Costs reserved
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Byrne v Endeavour Solutions Ltd
D King [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - No mediation - Unable to issue determination - RESTRAINT OF TRADE - No mediation - Unable to issue determination - JURISDICTION - Whether employee or contractor -…
- Result:
- Application granted ; Parties referred to mediation ; Costs reserved
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Hunt v Morgan Pools
J Wilson [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Told of concerns with performance - Not told that continued employment in jeopardy - No formal warnings nor disciplinary inquiry - Procedurally unfair - Sought alternative employment…
- Result:
- Application granted ; Reimbursement of lost wages ($4,400)(10 weeks) ; Compensation for humiliation etc ($2,500) ; Costs reserved
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Hitchings v The Marinkovich Agency Ltd
R A Monaghan [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- CONSENT ORDER - Costs - Unsuccessful arrears of wages claim - Costs agreed between parties
- Result:
- Consent order granted ; Costs in favour of respondent ($1,500)
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Barrett v Plumbing World Ltd
S Bathgate [Employment Relations Authority - Wellington]
- Summary:
- UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Redundancy - Genuine redundancy - Sought and given assurances as to long term future with company - Undertook clerical duties in addition to position to improve promotional…
- Result:
- Application granted ; Reimbursement of lost wages ($1,640) ; Reimbursement of uniform cost ($400) ; Compensation for humiliation etc ($4,000) ; Costs reserved
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National Union of Public Employees (Inc) v New Zealand Customs Service
P Cheyne [Employment Relations Authority - Christchurch]
- Summary:
- BARGAINING - Collective employment contract covering new employees - Whether bargaining could be initiated - Whether new collective employment contract could extend to new employees when obligation still owed to…
- Result:
- Orders accordingly ; Costs reserved
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Cameron v ANZ Banking Group (NZ) Ltd
WRC Gardiner [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]
- Summary:
- DISPUTE - Interpretation, application and operation of individual employment contract - Access to Share Purchase Scheme withdrawn - Whether Scheme was a condition of employment - Alleged discretionary benefit -…
- Result:
- Application dismissed ; Question answered in favour of respondent ; Costs reserved