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Toil & Trouble
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Are you dismissed when the boss tells you to f*** off?

Tompkins Wake partner Daniel Erickson discusses the importance of a written employment agreement.

WATCH: Tompkins Wake partner Daniel Erickson speaks with Fiona Rotherham.

The Employment Relations Authority has ruled that an employee was not unjustifiably dismissed after reportedly being told by his boss to f*** off when angry at the amount of time the worker spent on his phone and vaping.

But the boss, Michael Andrews of Queenstown company Southern Fencing, was fined

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Fiona Rotherham Tue, 04 Mar 2025
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