[2017] NZEmpC 84 The Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development v Tuilaepa [pdf, 205 KB]
...near the telephone to do so. At the conclusion of the call he was upset and remained sitting on the chair preventing others from making their calls. Several times Ms Angel Siau, a youth worker, asked YPA to move. He did not respond to those requests and was asked by Ms Siau to go to the time-out room. He did not respond so Ms Siau then dragged the chair, with YPA still sitting on it, into the time-out room. To some extent YPA was compliant because he did not attempt to move fr...