'Sacked' worker never had job, ERA finds

A man has lost his claim that he was sacked from his job at Nelson's community law centre because he was never employed in the first place.

Bryan Forrest had discussed working for the centre as a legal educator but was never offered the job, so any dismissal, justified or not, didn't happen, the Employment Relations Authority found.

In its report, the ERA noted "in his evidence Mr Forrest generally lacked perspective and objectivity and was prone to exaggerate or over-extend".

- NZPA