[2008] NZEmpC AC 24/08 Panovski v Marine Trimmers and All Awnings 2004 Ltd [pdf, 78 KB]
...Tribunal had not erred in declining to reduce remedies where performance failures had not been the subject of warnings and the employee had not been given the opportunity to improve. To similar effect Mr Finnigan cited Donaldson & Youngman (t/a Law Courts Hotel) v Dickson [1994] 1 ERNZ 920. [51] Mr Finnigan noted that the Authority had accepted Mr A’s complaint had been discussed on 6 December, without any suggestion of a performance warning with disciplinary ac...