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He says he was constructively dismissed for all these reasons and seeks compensation of $7,200 or actual lost remuneration to April 2024 when he found new employment.

Mr Chase-Pona also claims he was unjustifiably dismissed on 9 October 2023 when the Operations Manager terminated his employment without notice.

He says the decision to make him redundant was predetermined because there had already been resignations in the team negating the need to reduce the overall team numbers.

In Lekeisha Ramsay v National Storage Ltd [2025] NZERA 269, the ERA found a probationary period dismissal was unjustified where the employer relied on inaccurate absence data and did not fairly ...

ERA held the employee was not unequivocally dismissed after a disputed phone call about guaranteed hours, so the unjustified dismissal claim failed.

TTH relied on an incident that had happened almost three weeks prior to his dismissal to allege his behaviour was wilful or deliberate.

On the morning of the investigation meeting scheduled for 21 December 2023, it became apparent that Mr Uerata would be unable to attend the meeting.

ERA held the employer acted unjustifiably by changing rostering without giving the employee a reasonable chance to comment, and by running a deficient process before issuing a final written warning.