Can you be sacked if you own the company?

A Tauranga couple has claimed unfair dismissal from a company the pair half owns.Christopher and Keren Watkins asked the Employment Relations Authority to determine if they were sacked by their company and they also sought collection of unpaid holiday pay

Liam Baldwin
Wed, 18 Aug 2010

A Tauranga couple has claimed unfair dismissal from a company the pair half owns.

Christopher and Keren Watkins asked the Employment Relations Authority to determine if they were sacked by their company and they also sought collection of unpaid holiday pay.

The couple jointly owned Tauranga

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