Waverley’s Hind Quarters Cafe & Bar ordered to pay $23,000 after firing worker over text message

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Hind Quarters Cafe & Bar in Waverley, South Taranaki, has been taken to the Employment Relations Authority.

A cafe owner who recently came under fire for posting images of a young child scratching her name into a leather couch at the eatery is now facing another battle.

Hind Quarters Cafe & Bar in Waverley, South Taranaki, has been taken to the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) by former employee Auto Huntly-Byrne after he was fired through text message by owner Kylie James.

Now, the cafe, which is registered as owned by James' business Dallison 2021 Ltd, has been ordered to stump up more than $23,000 to Huntly-Byrne for the handling of his dismissal.