康奈鞋店的劳资官司，给华人雇主的启示是什么？

我选择新西兰

康奈（ KANGNAI FOOTWEAR LIMITED）是一家华人经营的公司，在奥克兰市中心有两家鞋店。

[1] Kangnai Footwear Limited (Kangnai) owns shoe shops in the Auckland central business district, one of which is called “Aphrika” and is located in High Street, Auckland CBD at which the applicant, Ms Prasanna Patel, worked. The other store is located in the Chancery shopping precinct, Auckland CBD.
[2] Mr Ling Ke whose English name is Justin, is the sole director of Kangnai

Ms Patel 于2012年8月30日被应聘为全职雇员，工资是每小时$16.  她和康奈前后签署了两份劳工合同，里面有90天试用期的条款 （第二份合同中的试用期条款，实际上是无效的）

几个月以后，公司老板Mr Ke对Ms Patel 的工作表现不满意，于是直接向员工提出想减少她的工作时间，在遭到拒绝后，Mr Ke 就解雇了Ms Patel, 公司给出的理由是“试用期到期”。

ERA认为，雇主的做法违反员工的权利，解雇不公平，作出如下判决：

A. Ms Patel was unjustifiably dismissed by Kangnai Footwear Limited (“Kangnai”) on 4 December 2012.
B. Kangnai is ordered to pay the sum of $6,000 compensation to Ms Patel pursuant to s123(1)(a) of the Employment Relations Act (“the Act”) for humiliation, loss of dignity and injury to feelings suffered by her as a result of her unjustified dismissal;
C. Kangnai is ordered to pay Ms Patel the sum of $6,656 gross being reimbursement of wages lost by Ms Patel as a result of the dismissal pursuant to s.128(2) of the Act;
D. Kangnai is ordered to pay interest at the rate of 5% per annum on lost wages of $6,656 gross from the date of determination which will continue to accrue until payment is made to Ms Patel.
E. Kangnai is ordered to pay Ms Patel holiday pay of 8% per annum on wages earned by Ms Patel during her employment by Kangnai from 30 August 2012 to the date of dismissal on 4 December 2012.


因为败诉，公司还被裁决支付雇员的法律费用：

A. Kangnai Footwear Limited is ordered to contribute $6000 towards Ms Prasanna Patel’s costs plus the filing fee of $71.56, a total of $6071.56.

案件相关链接：

http://www.dol.govt.nz/workplace/determinations/PDF/2013/2013_NZERA_Auckland_424.pdf
http://www.dol.govt.nz/workplace/determinations/PDF/2013/2013_NZERA_Auckland_291.pdf

我选择新西兰

很多华人雇主对新西兰的劳动法了解甚少，在人事管理过程中难免触犯员工的权益，从而导致劳资纠纷。

这个案子中，雇主没有采取相应的措施解决performance concerns, 也没有相应的书面记录和员工档案。

雇主对90天试用期条款的错误解读，导致解雇行为的草率和不公平，并为此承担法律后果，付出经济代价。

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呃。。。。我的大学同学开的店~~~

我选择新西兰

现在越来越多的华人企业雇佣洋人雇员，同时华人雇员的权利意识也都在提高加强，这就要求雇主必须同时提高对劳动法的理解和掌握，以避免和减少在经营管理过程中产生劳资纠纷。

对法律的漠视或是无知，带来的代价常常是沉重的。