![Cameron Rix v Rotorua Quarry Limited [2025] NZERA 152 - The Authority found the employee was unjustifiably dismissed (abandonment was not made out) and awarded remedies.](/Images/site/EmploymentAdvocatesAucklandCard.jpg)
Rotorua Quarry treated Cameron Rix's absence as abandonment and ended his employment. The ERA had to decide whether his conduct showed an intention to permanently walk away from the job and whether the employer was entitled to terminate on that basis.
Matched passage: Key events described This letter advised "If the allegations are to be proven it could amount to serious misconduct and possibly involvement with NZ Police.