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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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