Alliance Freezing Co (Southland) Ltd v New Zealand Engineering Workers Union - [1990] 1 NZLR 533

Industrial law — Jurisdiction — Personal grievance — Disadvantage — Warning — Worker was given final warning which in event of further breach could lead to his dismissal — Worker took personal grievance to Labour Court claiming that warning affected his employment to his disadvantage as did its effect upon bonus scheme introduced by employer — Whether warning affected worker's employment to his disadvantage — Whether bonus scheme formed part of worker's contract of employment — Whether effect on bonus scheme affected worker's employment to his disadvantage — Whether Labour Court had jurisdiction to deal with issues as a personal grievance — Labour Relations Act 1987, ss 210 and 227.