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Employment Relations Authority: Intimidation, stealing and bullying cases heard in Bay 12 Apr, 2021 06:00 PM 5 minutes to read Every year in the Bay of Plenty there are disputes in the workplace. Photo / Getty Images Every year in the Bay of Plenty there are disputes in the workplace. Photo / Getty Images Belittling criticism, consuming alcohol at work, stealing, intimidating behaviour, bullying and relationship problems. These are just some of the Bay of Plenty workplace issues heard by the Employment Relations Authority and the reasons behind mediations carried out by the Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment. MBIE data shows it provided 533 mediations, in Tauranga, Rotorua and Whakatāne in 2019 and 2020. ....
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SUPPLIED Workers advocate Nathan Santesso said the system was broken. He said before Covid-19 there was a rigid process that was followed in the ERA process, but since lockdown, the application for a mediation meeting, which typically took a week, was taking up to two months. “It’s not working. I’ll submit an application and nothing happens. It’s taken up to two months to get a response. They are under-resourced, so they ask people to have a crack at mediation without them,” Santesso said. “We’ve seen some dodgy behaviour from employers during the first lockdown just with the confusion and people challenging redundancies. We knew it would be hard for MBIE. It’s been the perfect storm and that still continues due to more cases and they’re struggling.” ....