RESEARCH REPORT: DETERMINATIONS OF THE
EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AUTHORITY
| Volume 27 Number 3 | October 2002 |
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RESEARCH REPORT: DETERMINATIONS OF THE
EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AUTHORITY
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| Table Twelve: Distribution (%) of costs awards by party and institution | |||||
| $1 - 500 | $501 - 1000 | $1001 - 2000 | $2001 - 5000 | >$5000 | |
| To employees | |||||
| Tribunal |
15%
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32%
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38%
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14%
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1%
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| Authority |
38%
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19%
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18%
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19%
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6%
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| To employers | |||||
| Tribunal |
30%
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25%
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30%
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13%
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2%
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| Authority |
22%
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15%
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35%
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20%
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8%
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There have clearly been some changes in the distribution of costs awards in the Authority, relative to the Tribunal sample, but the changes are not uncomplicated. In costs awards to successful employee applicants, awards in what used to be regarded as the "usual" range, say $501 through $2,000 (70 percent of awards in the Tribunal sample) constitute less than 40 percent of awards in the Authority, with the rest pushed out to the lower and higher categories. There are as many awards of $500 or less to employees as there are awards in this $501 through $2,000 range, presumably reflecting in part the different procedures in the Authority, relative to Tribunal adjudication procedures.
On the other hand, low end awards to employers have in fact dropped proportionally
in the Authority, relative to the Tribunal sample, with awards above $1,000
to successful employers accounting for 63 percent of awards in the Authority,
as against just 45 percent in the Tribunal.
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