[2012] NZEmpC 220 Matsuoka v LSG Sky Chefs NZ [pdf, 130 KB]
...law and this could have been done in the context of a dispute. It was open to the plaintiff to challenge it, as he did, by way of a personal grievance and allegations of breach of the statutory requirements. That did not, however, provide any licence to award substantial compensation for distress and humiliation for unlawful behaviour in what was clearly a legitimate difference of opinion. [32] In the hearing Mr Pollak had contended that the defendant was legally correct and tha...