[2025] NZEmpC 5 Harte v MERAS [pdf, 337 KB]
...employer (for grievance claims and breach of contract actions), or a union and an employer (for a breach of contract action) the section has to be construed as ruling out remedial options other than a penalty for egregious conduct. That is, s 4A permits certain compensatory claims, and forbids others. [71] It is difficult to infer such a limitation in the absence of any express clarification to this effect.61 [72] Indeed, under the Act, a limitation as to jurisdiction or outcome...