Hotel ordered to pay cook compensation
PA Wellington A Palmerston North hotel has been ordered to pay a cook $2OOO compensation and a further $351 in lost wages after an
Arbitration Court ruling that she was unjustifiably dismissed from her job earlier this year. The cook, who had been employed at the Majestic Hotel since April, 1984, was dismissed in February this year by the new lessee because of what the lessee said was
the hotel’s “financial position,” the Court judgment said.
But the Court noted that the cook was the union
delegate and took her responsibilities seriously, "and it seems that as much ... Mr Lyons found her something of an irritant.”
The Court said the lessee’s reason for her dismissal had not been established and based on the “extremely sketchy” financial evidence placed before it there was inadequate financial information to justify her dismissal.
The Court observed the hotel employed four cooks, the same number as at the time of her dismissal.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19870923.2.86.6
Bibliographic details
Press, 23 September 1987, Page 13
Word Count
163Hotel ordered to pay cook compensation Press, 23 September 1987, Page 13
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in