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![BELL v HUBERGROUP NEW ZEALAND LIMITED [2025] NZERA 561 - The Authority ordered remedies and addressed unjustified dismissal issues.](/Images/site/EmploymentAdvocatesAucklandCard.jpg)
The Authority ordered remedies and addressed unjustified dismissal issues. Ms Bell alleges that the redundancy was not genuine, and that the process followed was procedurally and substantively flawed, resulting in both unjustified dismissal and disadvantage, and a breach of...
The personal grievance for unjustified disadvantage was upheld. Do you want me to apologise to your staff And if you want to you can put in a formal complaint or email Jitesh [32] Mr Blignaut did not mention this incident or the text exchange to Mr Singh, which later would...
A costs determination was made. On 9 April 2024 Infosys dismissed Mr Jayalath for failing to comply with a direction for him to complete its mandatory online business modules.
The Authority ordered remedies and addressed unjustified dismissal issues. She was given notice of her dismissal on 7 August 2023, and her employment ended on 21 August 2023.
The Authority ordered remedies and addressed unjustified dismissal issues. On 31 March 2024, RMD emailed her business partner FEN, advising that she was suspending access to the company's online shopping portal and was about to change banks and ensure that only she had access...
A costs determination was made. On 19 April 2024 Ms Wilkins said she received a telephone call from Murdoch Razmi during which they discussed her being interviewed for the position of Store Manager which DDGH considered her skills more applicable.
The Authority ordered remedies and addressed unjustified dismissal issues. Mr Canales says a migraine stopped him from turning up to work on his first day and when he was able to look at his phone, he saw Thermashield had dismissed him by text message.
The ERA found the employer dismissed an anonymised truck driver by effectively "running dead" after a heated meeting, then leaving him suspended without pay while the director was overseas. Unjustified dismissal was upheld and the Authority ordered $24,000 compensation, $30,558.84 lost remuneration, plus KiwiSaver and licence cost reimbursement (costs reserved).
