The ERA accepted the commercial drivers, but found a material process defect: Mega applied the selection criteria before consultation, did not provide the employee's scores, and did not let him meaningfully.
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Arnold Putt is a Packaging Operator based at the Hamilton site of Mauri, a division of George Weston Foods (NZ) Ltd (GWF or the company).
The ERA held there was a serious question to be tried about whether the employer overstated the dust risk and failed to consider modified duties, and it ordered interim.
The ERA held the employer ignored its own staged warning policy and the s.
A field operations manager with 16 years service was summarily dismissed for serious misconduct after an 'illegal connection' incident involving a direct report.
The employer deliberately withheld compliance after hearing allegations the employee.
The ERA found the employer (through a director) sought a $34,000 premium to secure the job, breaching s 12A Wages Protection Act, and imposed a $16,000 penalty.
The ERA accepted the redundancy was genuine and the dismissal was substantively justified, but found significant good faith/consultation defects - including failure to proactively disclose information.
