A website worker ordered to pay more than $50,000 for breaching his employment contract has now been ordered to pay a further $13,000 in costs including $6778 for the cost of a private investigator from Paragon NZ hired by Zeald.<\/p>\n
Perry Bernard was accused by employer Zeald New Zealand Limited of 260 breaches of his contract after becoming “disillusioned and dissatisfied” with his job.<\/p>\n
In an Employment Relations Authority determination released last week, he was found to have solicited work from Zeald clients, advertised his services on websites, and obtained customer details from Zeald’s database.<\/p>\n
The determination said he thought he was being overworked and underpaid, despite being given a 20 per cent pay rise in order to encourage him regarding his long-term future with the company.<\/p>\n
He was ordered to pay the company $50,000 for the 263 known breaches of contract, $937 in reimbursed income, and $6778 for the cost of a private investigator hired by Zeald.<\/p>\n
In a new determination on costs, the authority said the parties had reached agreement on costs, and Mr Bernard was to pay Zeald $13,270.91.<\/p>\n
That includes $8750 in legal costs, $4209 in private investigator’s fees, and reimbursement of filing and other administrative fees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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