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WEI v LIU and Anor [2025] NZERA 80 - dismissal and wage claims upheld; $15,000 compensation

Mr Wei's claims followed a workplace altercation and the employer's response to it, including the eventual end of his employment and disputed wage-related entitlements. CCTV footage and conflicting accounts of the incident were central to the ERA investigation.

Matched passage: ) Orders and payments mentioned Compensation: $3,000.
UERATA v EXPERT MOVING GROUP LIMITED [2025] NZERA 34 - dismissal failed substantive and procedural justification

Expert Moving dismissed Mr Uerata without meeting the minimum procedural requirements in s 103A or its good-faith consultation obligations. The dispute also involved unpaid amounts and the hours he had been working before termination.

Matched passage: The Authority was satisfied that Mr Uerata was working an average of 26 hours per week at the time of his dismissal, and that this is the appropriate basis for an assessment of his lost wages.
ZiGen Wong v NZAT Construction Limited [2026] NZERA 193 - employee status found despite no visa; $18,187.50 wage arrears + $1,455 holiday pay; constructive dismissal upheld

ZiGen Wong worked for NZAT Construction without a valid work visa and was later denied wages and employment protections on the basis that the arrangement was not lawful employment. He claimed employee status, arrears and constructive dismissal.

Matched passage: The Authority found the prolonged non-payment, combined with the message that Mr Wong was no longer needed on site, amounted to an unjustified constructive dismissal.
John Pio v Strautmann Hopkins [2026] NZERA 164 - genuine redundancy but rushed consultation made dismissal unjustified

Regional sales manager John Pio was made redundant after Strautmann Hopkins lost the distribution licence underpinning its business. The redundancy had a genuine commercial basis, but Pio was given little warning, very limited time to seek advice and no meaningful opportunity to explore transfer or redeployment.

Matched passage: Reimbursement of lost wages Mr Pio seeks an award of at least 6 months lost wages and up to 12 months.
Nan Jia and Huachao Hou v FX NZ Limited and Yingsi Wei [2026] NZERA 30 - unjustified disadvantage and dismissal

Construction workers Nan Jia and Huachao Hou alleged FX NZ made unlawful rent deductions from wages and failed to pay public-holiday, annual-leave and other minimum entitlements. Their case combined employment-standard claims with personal-grievance issues about the employer's treatment of them.

Matched passage: ... Mr Jia and Mr Hou raised grievances for unjustified disadvantage on the basis that their wages were not paid in time despite repeated requests for payment and FX stopped providing the contracted hours to them as provided in their employment agreement. I consider such a ...
Payal v JB Hospitality Ltd [2026] NZERA 18 - Constructive dismissal, wage arrears, and premium payments

Payal worked for JB Hospitality in a relationship involving unpaid wages and alleged premium payments. She resigned after the employment problems persisted and argued that the employer's breaches were sufficiently serious to amount to constructive dismissal.

Matched passage: 20 lost wages (Employment Relations Act 2000, s 123(1)(b)) $17,303.
Glenice Cooper v Success Realty [2025] NZERA 782 - redundancy, performance; what the ERA decided and what was ordered

After 21 years as a marketing manager, Glenice Cooper was dismissed for redundancy by Success Realty. By the investigation meeting the employer conceded the dismissal was unjustified, leaving the ERA to determine the proper level of lost remuneration, bonus and compensation.

Matched passage: In the present case, Ms Cooper has a personal grievance claim for unjustified dismissal, and the quarterly bonus payment was a contractual entitlement to the payment of wages or other money.
Steven David Mitchell v Tasman Rugby Union Incorporated [2026] NZERA 435 - CEO returned to payroll on interim reinstatement

Tasman Rugby Union dismissed chief executive Steven Mitchell after an organisational review became intertwined with later misconduct allegations. He sought interim reinstatement, arguing the process appeared predetermined and that his substantive dismissal grievance had real strength.

Matched passage: It was an immediate payroll-only reinstatement, at the salary rate applying on 20 March 2026, including a taxed back-payment from 21 March 2026 to the end of the current pay period and ongoing payments at the previous salary frequency until the substantive matter is decided.

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