The Employment Relations Authority has upheld a claim for
unjustified disadvantage of an employee whose hours were changed from a morning
to night shift without her consent.
The employee had an Employment Agreement which specified
her hours as 7 am to 3 pm Monday to Friday with any changes only to be made by
mutual agreement. The employer decided
to change her hours to 3 pm to 11 pm despite her disagreement with the change.
The Employment Relations Authority awarded $15,000
compensation for the hurt and humiliation suffered by the employee but declined
to award any lost wages as the employee could have taken up the alternative
shifts and therefore not lost any wages.
Alan
Knowsley
Employment
Lawyer Wellington
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