If the trial clause or notice is defective, you may still raise a Personal Grievance (PG) for unjustified dismissal.
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Labour hire temp recruitment agencies and their clients can both become liable for unfair dismissal under the new Triangular Employment legislation.
... offer is accepted and the employer later moves to withdraw that offer unfairly, the employee can make a claim for unfair dismissal, regardless of whether that employee has started work.
We represent employees in unfair dismissal, personal grievance and minimum entitlement claims.
... Christchurch ERA determination where the Authority found constructive dismissal after an unfair suspension, a misleading complaint outcome, and a disciplinary process that did not fairly disclose the case the ...
Edgecumbe Supermarket Ltd v Petersen [2026] NZEmpC 56 - ERA unjustified dismissal finding upheld
CaseThe Court found that the employer's conduct reasonably led her to believe she had been dismissed and that the suspension itself amounted to an unjustified dismissal.
The ERA accepted Civtec had a genuine business reason and ran a procedurally fair consultation process, but found the selection scoring was substantively unfair.
