Wednesday, 22 March 2017

Employer forced to compensate employees after ERA finds a culture of bullying in the workplace…


An employee has resigned after being bullied and intimidated by her manager and supervisor who told her that she was untrustworthy and evil.

The Employment Relations Authority upheld the employee’s personal grievance claim for unjustified constructive dismissal.

The ERA held that the actions of the employer’s staff had the cumulative effect of destroying the necessary relationship of trust and confidence in their employment relationship.

The ERA ordered the employer to pay the employee $10,000 in compensation for humiliation, loss of dignity and injury to feelings.

The ERA noted that this was their second finding against the employer over allegations of bullying by its staff this year. The ERA noted that the employer had previously been ordered to pay $15,500 in compensation to another one of their employees as a result of bullying in the workplace.

Alan Knowsley
Employment Lawyer Wellingto

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