• Frahm v New Zealand Dairy Workers Union Te Runanga Wai U Inc

    M B Loftus [Employment Relations Authority - Christchurch]

    Summary:
    GOOD FAITH – Applicant claimed respondent breached duty of good faith by making statements misleading, or likely to mislead, respondent’s members voting on terms of prospective collective employment agreement –…
    Result:
    Application dismissed ; Costs reserved
  • Lowe v George Weston Foods (NZ) Ltd

    C Hickey [Employment Relations Authority - Christchurch]

    Summary:
    COSTS - Successful personal grievance claim - Length of investigation meeting not specified - Applicant sought $2,289 contribution towards costs - Authority found applicant not legally represented and not entitled…
    Result:
    No order for costs; Disbursements in favour of applicant ($475.26)
  • Fisher v O'Brien

    M B Loftus [Employment Relations Authority - Christchurch]

    Summary:
    COSTS - Successful personal grievance claim - Less than one day investigation meeting - Applicant sought $3,500 contribution towards costs - Authority found no rationale for departing from daily tariff…
    Result:
    Costs in favour of applicant ($1,750)
  • McGowan v Minerva Farms Litd

    D Appleton [Employment Relations Authority - Christchurch]

    Summary:
    COSTS - Partially successful claim - Length of investigation meeting not specified - Respondent sought $8,000 contribution towards costs - Respondent made $13,500 Calderbank offer - Authority found Calderbank offer…
    Result:
    Costs to lie where they fall
  • Cumming v Absolute Insurance Ltd

    J Crichton [Employment Relations Authority - Christchurch]

    Summary:
    COSTS - Successful personal grievance claim - One and a half day investigation meeting - Applicant sought $14,000 contribution towards costs - Authority found applicant's prosecution of claim overly complex,…
    Result:
    Costs in favour of applicant ($5,250)
  • New Zealand Airline Pilots Association Inc v Eagle Airways

    A Fitzgibbon [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]

    Summary:
    PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Application for removal to Employment Court (“EC”) – Authority found whether bargaining for collective employment agreement in circumstances where bargaining union had no members employed by…
    Result:
    Application granted ; Costs reserved
  • Griffiths v A1 Bobcats & Concrete Ltd

    K J Anderson [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]

    Summary:
    UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL – Abandonment – Applicant claimed unjustifiably dismissed by respondent - Decision on use of concrete accelerant - Text messages exchanged between parties with alleged abusive language from respondent…
    Result:
    Application granted; Contributory conduct (50%); Reimbursement of lost wages (quantum to be determined); Costs reserved
  • Brajkovic v Sorters & Packers Ltd

    G J Wood [Employment Relations Authority - Wellington]

    Summary:
    CONSENT ORDER - Parties reached agreement on terms of settlement at investigation meeting - Respondent to pay applicant $1,896 unpaid holiday pay and $1,020 unpaid wages - Terms of settlement…
    Result:
    Consent order granted; Orders accordingly; no order for costs
  • Rowe v Land Meat New Zealand Ltd

    T MacKinnon [Employment Relations Authority - Wellington]

    Summary:
    UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL – Redundancy - Applicant claimed unjustifiably dismissed by respondent - Three fixed term employment agreements with periods between during which applicant continued to work - Operational integration between…
    Result:
    Application granted; Reimbursement of lost wages (4 months); Reimbursement of holiday pay (4 months); Reimbursement of lost benefits (company car and health insurance premiums)(4 months); Compensation for humiliation etc ($8,000); Costs reserved
  • Lin v General Recycle Ltd

    E Robinson [Employment Relations Authority - Auckland]

    Summary:
    UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - Dismissal - Applicant claimed unjustifiably dismissed by respondent - Whether applicant dismissed or told to remain home pending repair to company vehicle - Whether applicant told by…
    Result:
    Applications granted; Contributory conduct (15%); Reimbursement of lost wages (quantum to be determined); Compensation for humiliation etc ($4,000); Penalty ($1,000)(payable to Crown); Arrears of wages ($103); Arrears of holiday pay (2,092.80); Costs reserved