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Unfair Dismissal (Unjustified Dismissal) Case Summaries | ERA New Zealand
Unjustified Disadvantage
Redundancy
ADO was selected for redundancy by the Joan Fernie Charitable Trust Board after workplace conduct concerns and an argument had arisen. The ERA examined whether redundancy was genuinely driven by commercial considerations and whether redeployment, including a proposed trial in the Stock Manager role, was fairly considered.
Matched passage: The Authority notes that However, The Authority did not accept that the allegations of misconduct were irrelevant to the decision to proceed with issuing the restructuring proposal, nor were they irrelevant to decision to implement the proposal or to dismiss ADO.
