A Canterbury panelbeater has won more $20,000 after being fired in what he called a summer holiday mix-up. Rolton alleges Thorne told him that he was "just getting on the piss" during a week when he should have been at work. "Mr Thorne did not act as a fair and reasonable employer could have acted when it dismissed Mr Rolton," she said. Rolton told ERA that the three months between his dismissal and starting his new job were the worst three months of his life. Rolton told the ERA he kept his situation confidential because he prided himself on his work ethic band that people began to gossip about it at Leeston's pub.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 03, 2018 22:07 UTC