Air New Zealand intimidation claim outside 90 day time limit

An Air New Zealand flight attendant claimed she suffered sexual and other abuse from a drunk passenger and that Air New Zealand mistreated her in dealing with the issues. The attendant claimed that Air New Zealand bullied her to withdraw her complaint, gave her an unjustified warning, and that an HR professional intimidated her. The issues raised were serious personal grievances; however, because the employee failed to adequately raise any of her personal grievance claims within the required 90 days, the Employment Relations Authority determined that she could not pursue her claims against Air New Zealand.

Although there are some limited exceptions to the 90 day rule, this case demonstrates the importance of complying with the 90 day time limit for raising a personal grievance claim. If you fail to do so within time then it probably won’t matter how good your claim is, you won’t be able to take it further.