![Lautusi Isaako v ABS Builders Limited [2025] NZERA 678 - Employee status confirmed, dismissal by text, 3 months lost wages, $15k compensation, holiday pay arrears, costs](/Images/site/EmploymentAdvocatesAucklandCard.jpg)
The Authority ordered $15,210 gross reimbursement of 3 months lost wages, $15,000 compensation for humiliation and injury to feelings, plus holiday pay arrears ($1,684.
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The Authority ordered remedies, including compensation and payment of wage/holiday pay entitlements.
Orders included $25,000 compensation, $8,320 reimbursement, wage and holiday pay arrears with interest, and penalties split between the employee and the Crown.
They can help quantify wage arrears, holiday pay, and lost wages, and can also expose gaps between what the employer says and what was actually filed with IRD.
An employer-focused explanation of why Inland Revenue late payment penalties make PAYE arrears and rolling GST debt far more expensive than most business owners realise.
The ERA found this was a dismissal and awarded $13,520 lost wages, $10,000 compensation, and $249.
Unfair Dismissal Cases
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Unjustified Disadvantage
56
Redundancy
27
Constructive Dismissal
25
90 Day Trial
22
Unfair Dismissal
20
Employment Law News Opinion
18
Employment Law Advice For Employers
12
Employment Lawyers
9
Costs
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Employment Court
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Employment Mediation
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No Win No Fee
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Casual Employment
3
Covid 19
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ERA
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Special Interest Cases
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Holidays Act
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