[2013] NZEmpC 81 Brake v Grace Team Accounting Ltd [pdf, 191 KB]
...explained that the plaintiff would be replacing Ms Janine Edgar, a senior accountant who was about to go on parental leave. The plaintiff was concerned that should Ms Edgar come back from parental leave, during which her position would have been protected, the plaintiff might then have been made redundant. The plaintiff was assured that her role was not conditional on Ms Edgar’s return and that her role was permanent. The defendant acknowledged, in a letter dated 26 April 2010,...