[2015] NZEmpC 6 Edwards v Board of Trustees of Bay of Islands College [pdf, 821 KB]
...quantity and the quality of the employer’s investigation and decision-making to be determined, in part, by the resources reasonably available to the employer to do so. That will mean that a large employer with in-house or otherwise available human resources and legal advice may be held to a higher standard than an employer who is the owner/operator of a small business which cannot afford such resources. I will address subsequently this consideration that arises in this case [11...