Forestry worker loses employment dispute over expletive-filled textSTEPHEN BARKER/STUFF The Employment Relations Authority has ruled forestry worker Arona Gray ended his employment by way of abandonment. That text is exactly what forestry worker Arona Gray received from his employer Blair Chilton, of Chilton Logging early last year, according to an Employment Relations Authority (ERA) decision. Gray told the ERA he had delegated the fuel responsibility to gang member Jeremy Robinson, who was to contact Chilton should fuel be needed. As a result, the ERA ruled Gray ended his employment by way of abandonment. "If Mr Gray were in any doubt about the meaning of the message, he should have persevered with his initial intention of engaging with Mr Chilton."

Source: Stuff January 14, 2018 23:26 UTC