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Olliver & Taylor v Te Araroa [2025] NZERA 312 - fixed-term dismissals unjustified; $37,500 and $27,500 compensation

Community Connectors Daynah Olliver and Sheena Taylor were employed on fixed-term agreements that did not properly record the statutory reasons for the fixed terms. Te Araroa then tried to end both employments early without a fair process.

Matched passage: ... and disadvantage; 13 weeks lost wages plus 8% holiday pay and employer KiwiSaver contribution; $1,110 wage arrears; further wage arrears equivalent to 21 weeks plus holiday pay and KiwiSaver; unpaid annual holiday entitlement; filing-fee reimbursement and interest. ...
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: 00 under s 124 of the Act, to reflect his contribution to the situation that resulted in his dismissal personal grievance claim.
Jacob Maarschalk v West Auckland Trust Services Limited [2024] NZERA 333 - Unjustified disadvantage found over rostering changes and flawed final written warning; $8,500 ordered

Jacob Maarschalk was contracted for 25 hours a week but was regularly rostered for substantially more at West Auckland Trust Services. The dispute concerned later roster changes and a final written warning, including whether he was given a fair opportunity to comment before those decisions affected his employment.

Matched passage: ... 19 March 2024 (Respondent) Determination date: 2024-06-07 Main issues: Whether the employee had full-time hours; whether rostering changes and a final written warning were unjustified actions; remedies and contribution. Outcome: Unjustified disadvantage established ...
Bridget Addy v Auckland Steam 'N' Dry Limited and Graeme Stephens [2022] NZERA 657 - constructive dismissal after a 'trial period' threat by text; $8,000 compensation, $3,600 reimbursement, $2,000 penalty

Auckland Steam 'N' Dry raised performance concerns with Bridget Addy by text and threatened that she would not make it through a supposed three-month trial, although her agreement contained no trial clause. She resigned in response.

Matched passage: ... What the Authority had to decide The Authority addressed (among other things): whether the employee was actually or constructively dismissed; whether the dismissal was justified under the s 103A test; whether there was default or withholding of wages; whether penalties should ...
Gary Cotton v Darcee Gosling, Gosling Solutions Limited, and Rob Ralston [2022] NZERA 90 - employer identity dispute; sole trader held liable; summary dismissal unjustified; $19, - orders for lost wages, arrears, holiday pay, and compensation

Gary Cotton's case required the ERA to identify who his employer actually was after work performed through Gosling Solutions and dealings involving Darcee Gosling and Rob Ralston. The case also concerned a summary termination and claims for unpaid employment entitlements.

Matched passage: ... issues: employer identity; unjustified dismissal; wage arrears; holiday pay; compensation; contribution; costs Outcome: Darcee Gosling held to be the employer and personally liable; summary dismissal unjustified; remedies ordered; no contribution; costs reserved Background Mr ...
"No win, no fee" for employers: when it exists and what to do instead

Why no-win-no-fee representation is rarely available to employers defending a personal grievance, and the alternative ways an employer can control legal or advocacy spend.

Matched passage: Quick summary Employers generally pay their own costs as they go: the employee does not usually have money, and there is no realistic fund to "take a percentage of".
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: Compensation under s123(1)(c)(i) of the Act (d) If any remedies are awarded, should they be reduced (under s124 of the Act) for blameworthy conduct by Mr Hou that contributed to the situation giving rise to his grievance?

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