Remember to raise your PG with your employer within 90 days….

An employer has failed to pay an employee for 10 weeks of work after the business began experiencing financial difficulties. The employee stopped coming to work when he could no longer afford petrol.

The Employment Court ordered the employer to pay the employee over $6,000 in lost wages for the 10 weeks he had worked unpaid, but found that the employee was not entitled to any further payment as the employment relationship had terminated when the employee did not return to work.

The employee was also not entitled to claim compensation for financial stress and emotional harm as he had not raised the grievance with his employer.

Employees must remember to raise a personal grievance with their employer within 90 days otherwise they will be unable to seek compensation.

Alan Knowsley

Employment Lawyer Wellington