Milk factory worker Craig Flynn was fired after his bosses discovered two videos of him and six other employees last year re-enacting the popular dance video craze at its Takanini plant.
Fonterra accused Flynn of putting himself and others at risk of harm by “dancing with a shovel between his legs, hosing water where another employee was dancing, and splashing a pallet endangering himself and others”.
Flynn argued his actions weren’t dangerous, but simply “horseplay” and that he was unfairly dismissed. The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) agreed with him.
