Personal Grievances

Employees can raise personal grievances if their employer unfairly or unreasonably

disadvantages or dismisses them.

Personal grievances are commonly raised for warnings, suspensions, dismissal, constructive

dismissal, and discrimination. Employees can also raise grievances for inaction by

employers when issues like bullying or health and safety concerns are not acted on.

The process:

- raise personal grievance with employer

- negotiations

- settlement or commencement of proceedings in the Employment Relations Authority

Notable personal grievance cases of The Worker’s Advocate:

– successfully argued personal grievance for unjustified dismissal

– successfully argued personal grievance for unjustified constructive dismissal