• Hitchings v Marinkovich Agency Ltd

    R A Monaghan [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]

    Summary:
    ARREARS OF WAGES - Disagreement over agreed rate of pay - Respondent in poor financial position - Alleged agreed to accept lower rate of pay - Remainder to be repaid…
    Result:
    Application dismissed ; Costs reserved
    • 09 April 2001

    • AA 28/01

  • Bureta v Iqbal

    R A Monaghan [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]

    Summary:
    UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Redundancy - Parental leave - Whether obligation to keep position open while having child - Position redundant while on maternity leave - New position offered but no…
    Result:
    Application granted ; Arrears of holiday pay ($1,036.80) ; Compensation for humiliation etc ($1,000) ; Costs in favour of applicant ($70)
    • 02 April 2001

    • AA 27/01

  • Richards-Rattray v Willbank

    P R Stapp [Employment Relations Authority - Wellington]

    Summary:
    SUPPLEMENTARY DETERMINATION - Arrears of wages - Matter raised with Authority after investigation - Investigation required to be reopened - Parties agreed arrears due and owing - Sum of $5,000…
    Result:
    Orders accordingly ; No order for costs
    • 28 March 2001

    • WA 11A/01

  • Brine v Pennighton t/a Touch of Gloss Ltd

    R A Monaghan [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]

    Summary:
    UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Whether redundant - Whether redundancy compensation owing - Advised projected workload was low - Offered 2 weeks' wages - Advised not yet redundant - Redundancy only imminent…
    Result:
    Application dismissed ; Costs to lie where they fall
    • 28 March 2001

    • AA 26/01

  • Northland Pathology Laboratory Ltd v Vermeulen

    J Wilson [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]

    Summary:
    BREACH OF CONTRACT - Whether respondent wrongfully repudiated employment contact - Respondent terminated contract - Alleged constructive dismissal - No provision in contract for respondent's termination by notice - Whether…
    Result:
    Application granted ; Damages ($6,700) ; Penalty ($1,000)(payable to applicant) ; Penalty ($1,000)(payable to Crown) ; Costs reserved
  • Vaughan v Canterbury Spinners Ltd

    N Taylor [Employment Relations Authority - Christchurch]

    Summary:
    COSTS - Successful respondent sought reasonable contribution to costs - Actual costs of $4,016 - Test case - Brief investigation meeting - Marginally complex case - Legal question heard as…
    Result:
    Costs to lie where they fall
    • 27 March 2001

    • CA 7A/01

  • Richards-Rattray v Willbank

    P R Stapp [Employment Relations Authority - Wellington]

    Summary:
    UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Whether dismissed or resigned - Fixed term employment agreement - Purpose of agreement to assess whether to exercise option to purchase - Deterioration of relationship between applicant…
    Result:
    Application granted ; Reimbursement of lost wages ($4,500 reduced to $4,110) ; Compensation for humiliation etc ($6,500) ; Quantum of holiday pay owed remitted to parties for determination ; Costs reserved
    • 26 March 2001

    • WA 11/01

  • Ashby v Corporate Cabs Ltd

    Y S Oldfield [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]

    Summary:
    DISPUTE - Jurisdiction - No appearance for respondent - Working conditions altered without consultation - Whether employee or independent contractor - Whether franchise arrangement - Subject to high level of…
    Result:
    Application dismissed ; No order for costs
    • 26 March 2001

    • AA 24/01

  • Charan v Giles t/a Bayfern Commercial Cleaning Services

    R A Monaghan [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]

    Summary:
    COSTS - Application for arrears of wages - Payment made in respect of unpaid wages - Put to expense of filing application - Entitled to reimbursement of fee
    Result:
    Costs in favour of applicant ($70)
    • 26 March 2001

    • AA 23/01

  • Osborne v NZ Automobile Association Inc

    A Dumbleton [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]

    Summary:
    UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Summary dismissal - Serious misconduct - Used membership files to exchange jokes - Whether unauthorised alteration of membership files and falsification of information - Offensive language -…
    Result:
    Application dismissed ; Costs reserved
    • 26 March 2001

    • AA 22/01