Preliminary determination on time limits: the Authority held the grievance was raised within 90 days and the proceeding was within three years, and directed the parties to mediation.
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Results for personal grievance
Mr Menzies challenged an ERA compliance order that effectively exposed him personally to company grievance remedies.
Labour hire temp recruitment agencies and their clients can both become liable for unfair dismissal under the new Triangular Employment legislation.
... accounting material became central to orders against a company director personally.
The Employment Court left the ERA's unjustified redundancy dismissal findings undisturbed but held the Authority erred by rejecting separate unjustified disadvantage grievances.
The Board of Trustees v LGY [2026] NZEmpC 46 - interim reinstatement upheld on de novo challenge
CaseThe Employment Court, on a de novo challenge, again granted interim reinstatement to LGY pending the substantive dismissal grievance.
DQJ v Commissioner of Inland Revenue [2025] NZEmpC 10 - ERA interim reinstatement refusal reversed
CaseThe Employment Court reversed an ERA interim decision and reinstated DQJ to the Inland Revenue payroll while her substantive dismissal grievance continued.
The conduct involved intrusive personal contact, out-of-hours messages, requests for information about colleagues, favouritism and career-related pressure, and came close to sexual harassment.
