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![WILLIAMS v LONGEVITY CONSTRUCTION LIMITED and Anor [2025] NZERA 215 - The Authority ordered remedies and addressed unjustified dismissal issues (partly successful).](/Images/site/EmploymentAdvocatesAucklandCard.jpg)
The Authority ordered remedies and addressed unjustified dismissal issues (partly successful). Mr Williams claimed this summary dismissal of him, on the grounds of redundancy, was procedurally and substantively unjustified and that Longevity failed to meet its good faith...
The Authority ordered remedies and addressed unjustified dismissal issues. Mr and Mrs van Heerden were both advised their positions had been disestablished and their employment had been terminated on the grounds of redundancy during a meeting held with them both on 30 January...
The Authority ordered remedies and addressed unjustified dismissal issues (partly successful). Mr Murray alleges Owaka Motors (2008) Limited (the employer) unjustifiably dismissed him for losing his licence, unlawfully discriminated against him on the grounds of mental...
The Authority ordered remedies and addressed unjustified dismissal issues (partly successful). She further says Winton failed to address the distress and harm she experienced as a result of that behaviour; told her the behaviour would likely continue; told her that the...
The Authority ordered remedies and addressed unjustified dismissal issues (partly successful). After just over two years, Lincoln University disestablished the RFT role based at MGS and as a result Ms Cheng's employment came to an end on 1 May 2024 by reason of redundancy.
The Authority ordered remedies and addressed unjustified dismissal issues (partly successful). Mr Callen then identified an unjustified dismissal claim in an application to the Authority of 25 October 2023.
The Authority found the employee was unjustifiably dismissed (abandonment was not made out) and awarded remedies. The Authority ordered lost earnings, reimbursement of deductions, annual leave and compensation.
The Authority ordered remedies and addressed unjustified dismissal issues (partly successful). During the day on 23 July 2020, WeChat messages show Ms Liu also tasked Ms Zheng with taking minutes of a meeting and distributing them to everyone in a staff work group.
