• 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
  • James & Wells v Sims

    R A Monaghan [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]

    Summary:
    INTERIM INJUNCTION - Restraint of trade clause - Respondents resigned - Clause applied following termination by the employer" - Whether serious question to be tried - Balance of convenience -…
    Result:
    Application dismissed ; Costs to lie where they fall
    • 25 May 2001

    • AA 58/01

  • Johns v Rasseluberg

    R A Monaghan [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]

    Summary:
    ARREARS OF WAGES - Oral employment agreement - Whether accommodation and meals in lieu of wages - No agreement on deduction in respect of board - Lodgings" in s7 Minimum…
    Result:
    Application granted ; Arrears of wages ($497.13) ; No order for costs
    • 25 May 2001

    • AA 57/01

  • Corbett v Urgent Couriers Ltd

    J Wilson [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]

    Summary:
    UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Serious misconduct - Missed initial day of telephonist training - Warned that unless performance improved position jeopardised - Formal review specified poor performance and gave opportunity to…
    Result:
    Application dismissed ; Costs reserved
    • 25 May 2001

    • AA 56/01

  • Rashid v Skilled Engineering (Contract Labour) Ltd

    Y S Oldfield [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]

    Summary:
    UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Serious misconduct - Employed by temporary labour agency and placed in factory work - Complaint from co-worker that applicant peeped in ladies toilets - Respondent interviewed applicant…
    Result:
    Application dismissed ; No order for costs