{"id":104349,"date":"2021-01-09T21:15:26","date_gmt":"2021-01-09T21:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=104349"},"modified":"2021-01-09T21:15:26","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T21:15:26","slug":"no-flowers-but-14k-payout-after-florists-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/no-flowers-but-14k-payout-after-florists-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"No flowers, but $14K payout after florists fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The owner of a Christchurch flower shop has been ordered to pay a former staffer $14,482 for unjustified dismissal &#8211; a lot less than she sought after alleged bullying incidents.<\/p>\n<p>Shirley Brunning fell out with her Riccarton Florist colleague Leeanne Moke, the Employment Relations Authority heard.<\/p>\n<p>In his decision, ERA member Peter van Keulen noted that although the pair had limited interaction &#8211; largely related to shift changeovers &#8211; tensions between the two escalated over a period of 10 months.<\/p>\n<h3>Read More<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>New Zealand startup companies to watch in 2021<\/li>\n<li>Money Talks: In a new podcast, Kerre McIvor shares her best (and worst) money stories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The spat culminated in July 2019, whenMoke called out to Brunning as she was leaving work and said &#8220;what have you got in your bags&#8221;, implying that Brunning had<br \/>stolen something from work.<\/p>\n<p>Moke also said to Brunning, &#8220;See ya in court&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Brunning complained by text message to the shop&#8217;s owner, Carolyn Rushton, alleging bullying and harassment and asking for an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the Riccarton Florist owner issued Brunning with two warnings the same month &#8211; relating to breaks and not following instructions &#8211; before dismissing here. Brunning found work four weeks later.<\/p>\n<p>The ERA&#8217;s van Keulen found that Rushton did investigate Brunning&#8217;s complaint and act on it. The owner told Moke and told her to stop interacting with Brunning and simply focus on her work.<\/p>\n<p>Neither did he accept the allegations of bullying.<\/p>\n<p>Van Keulen noted a number of incidents, including Moke&#8217;s allegation that Brunning told someone she was not a florist, and a &#8220;minor confrontation&#8221; between the pair about a flower display.<\/p>\n<p>But &#8220;the two employees with both employees being to blame for that but it did not, in my view, amount to bullying and harassment by either employee,&#8221; he said in his decision.<\/p>\n<p>However, van Keulen did uphold Brunning&#8217;s claim of unjustified dismissal.<\/p>\n<p>Following two written warnings, Rushton organised a meeting with Brunning. When the employee said here representative had been unable to attend, Rushton fired Brunning on the spot. Van Keulen said Brunning should have been given a proper opportunity to respond to her written warnings.<\/p>\n<p>Brunning had sought $23,000.<\/p>\n<p>Van Keulen awarded her a nominal $20,000, but reduced the amount that Rushton had to pay by 35 per cent to $14,482 ($13,000 for humiliation and the remainder for lost wages) because Brunning was partially to blame.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Brunning did act in a culpable manner which contributed to her grievance,&#8221; the ERA member wrote in his decision.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This includes her poor working relationship with Ms Moke \u2013 whilst this did not amount to bullying and harassment, it was below an acceptable standard in the workplace.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ms Brunning&#8217;s behaviour also includes her abrupt and confrontational manner and attitude toward Ms Rushton, including defying direct instructions about taking breaks and inappropriate communication.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Costs were reserved<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/business\/no-flowers-but-14k-payout-after-florists-fight\/DUFYUPACC3TYXDR775BWM3RYCQ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The owner of a Christchurch flower shop has been ordered to pay a former staffer $14,482 for unjustified dismissal &#8211; 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