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| | Employee who browsed dating sites at work awarded
Jun 26, 2007
Employee who browsed dating sites while at work awarded $2000
An Air New Zealand employee fired after being caught spending up to a third of his working hours accessing internet sites, including dating and online chat services, was unjustifiably dismissed, the Employment Relations Authority has determined.
However, the authority awarded Brian Crisp, who worked as a cargo training co-ordinator for Air New Zealand for more than 25 years before his dismissal in 2005, just $2000 in compensation, saying his behaviour significantly contributed to his dismissal.
In its determination, released today, the authority said Air NZ management became concerned about Mr Crisp's internet usage in March 2005.
A subsequent investigation found he spent between 20 and 30 percent of his work time on the internet, with the majority of sites visited for personal use.
In February 2005, Mr Crisp spent 57 hours...more
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Employee who browsed dating sites at work awarded
Jun 26, 2007
Employee who browsed dating sites while at work awarded $2000
An Air New Zealand employee fired after being caught spending up to a third of his working hours accessing internet sites, including dating and online chat services, was unjustifiably dismissed, the Employment Relations Authority has determined.
However, the authority awarded Brian Crisp, who worked as a cargo training co-ordinator for Air New Zealand for more than 25 years before his dismissal in 2005, just $2000 in compensation, saying his behaviour significantly contributed to his dismissal.
In its determination, released today, the authority said Air NZ management became concerned about Mr Crisp's internet usage in March 2005.
A subsequent investigation found he spent between 20 and 30 percent of his work time on the internet, with the majority of sites visited for personal use.
In February 2005, Mr Crisp spent 57 hours on the internet, with extensive visits to a dating site during work hours.
Air NZ internet policy warned against unauthorised internet usage and wasting company "time and resources".
During a series of meetings Mr Crisp said there were personal reasons why he accessed the sites, and felt he had "lost direction" at work.
He acknowledged there had been some inappropriate usage, but said much of the browsing occurred during his lunch hours, and pointed out he was not the only person with access to his login and password.
The authority did not lend much weight to this argument, saying there was no evidence anyone other than Mr Crisp had used the internet on his computer, and that the patterns of usage did not fit with an explanation of lunchtime browsing.
It accepted Mr Crisp's usage was "extensive to the point of being excessive".
However, the authority found Air NZ's internet usage policy was not specific enough in relation to non-business-related email or internet access.
It also said there were weaknesses in the analysis of Mr Crisp's internet access which made it impossible to be exact about the extent of Mr Crisp's access during working hours.
In light of those determinations, it said Mr Crisp's summary dismissal was not the action a "fair and reasonable" employer would have taken, and was therefore unjustified.
However, it said Mr Crisp was not entitled to a high award, and ordered Air NZ to pay him $2000 as compensation for injury to his feelings. |
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