• Bhana v UGP International Ltd

    J Wilson [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]

    Summary:
    COMPLIANCE ORDER - Compliance with terms of mediated settlement sought - Respondent failed to pay sums owing - Accepted that monies due and owing - Payment schedule agreed - Compliance…
    Result:
    Compliance ordered ; Interest on mediated settlement sums (7.5 percent)($90) ; Costs in favour of applicant ($420)(Including filing fee)
    • 27 July 2001

    • AA 95/01

  • Smith v Wineera t/a Wineera Contractors

    D Asher [Employment Relations Authority - Wellington]

    Summary:
    UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Serious misconduct - Summary dismissal - Alleged threatening outburst by applicant undermined employment relationship and caused dismissal - Accident involving respondent’s tractor - Disagreement over payment to…
    Result:
    Application granted ; Reimbursement of lost wages ($7,131.80) ; Compensation for humiliation etc ($5,500) ; Costs reserved
    • 26 July 2001

    • WA 46/01

  • Siegert v Bourke & Kent Ltd

    R A Monaghan [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]

    Summary:
    UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Serious misconduct - Applicants handed in resignation on one week's notice - Suspected of taking confidential information about clients - Not allowed on premises alone - Refused…
    Result:
    Application granted ; Arrears of wages ($420)(OS) ($480)(FL) ; No order for costs
    • 26 July 2001

    • AA 94/01

  • Cole v The Warehouse Limited

    G J Wood [Employment Relations Authority - Wellington]

    Summary:
    CONSENT ORDER - Terms of settlement agreed between parties - Publication of terms of settlement and associated papers prohibited
    Result:
    Consent order granted ; No order for costs
    • 24 July 2001

    • WA 45/01

  • Wallace & Anor v Graffiti Screen Print Limited

    A Dumbleton [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]

    Summary:
    ARREARS OF WAGES AND HOLIDAY PAY - No appearance for respondent - Respondent informed Employment Relations Authority of unavailability - Told to file a statement in reply - Statement in…
    Result:
    Application granted ; Arrears of wages ($1,090.60)(SW) ($1,257.83)(JW) ; No order for costs
    • 24 July 2001

    • AA 93/01

  • Moke v Abbott Holdings Limited

    A Dumbleton [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]

    Summary:
    ARREARS OF WAGES AND HOLIDAY PAY - No appearance for applicant - Mistook date of hearing - Authority only entitled to reopen investigation after having received application from party -…
    Result:
    Application dismissed ; No order for costs
    • 24 July 2001

    • AA 92/01

  • Newall v Galbraith Brewing Company Ltd

    WRC Gardiner [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]

    Summary:
    ARREARS OF WAGES AND HOLIDAY PAY - No appearance for respondent - Final pay never received - No payment of holiday pay made - Alleged abandonment of employment - Whether…
    Result:
    Application granted ; Arrears of wages and holiday pay ($448.88) ; Costs in favour of applicant ($70)(Filing fee)
  • George v Independent Liquor (NZ) Ltd

    A Dumbleton [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]

    Summary:
    UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Serious misconduct - Timecard misused - Another employee was clocked in two consecutive days when in fact at home - Applicant clocked in within one minute of…
    Result:
    Application dismissed ; Costs reserved
    • 24 July 2001

    • AA 90/01

  • Butland v Hampton t/a Chesterfields Preschools

    P Cheyne [Employment Relations Authority - Christchurch]

    Summary:
    COSTS - Application for adjournment of investigation meeting - Unavailability of witnesses - Fixture date previously agreed to - Total costs of $1,265 sought - Alleged costs not attributable to…
    Result:
    Costs in favour of applicant ($250)
    • 20 July 2001

    • CA 32/01

  • Rodger v Te Roopu Taurima O Manukau

    J Wilson [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]

    Summary:
    UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Constructive dismissal - Whether respondent’s conduct had the dominant purpose of coercing applicant to resign - Aspects of employment relationship were less than perfect - Unhappy with…
    Result:
    Application dismissed ; Costs reserved
    • 20 July 2001

    • AA 88/01