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1. Evidence Brief: Employment assistance [pdf, 264 KB]

   Employment Assistance EVIDENCE BRIEF Employment assistance involves a combination of job search assistance, job placement, and vocational training: at least some of which occurs outside of prison. There is some evidence that employment assistance prevents crime. OVERVIEW • Employment assistance includes financial payments, wage subsidies, job search assistance, provision of temporary wage- paying jobs, and various kinds of education and/or vocational training. �...

2. TG v Ma [2025] NZIACDT 27 (27 May 2025) [pdf, 332 KB]

   ...were sponsored by her husband’s building company. They were not aware their visas were linked to that company and had not been informed of the adviser’s connection with the company. There was no work for them on arrival in New Zealand. The jobs with her husband’s company were non-existent. [2] Complaints against the adviser were made to the Immigration Advisers Authority (the Authority). They have been referred by the Registrar of Immigration Advisers (the Registrar) to th...

3. [2023] NZIACDT 3 - MT v LL (2 February 2023) [pdf, 203 KB]

   ...February 2023 REPRESENTATION: Registrar: Self-represented Complainant: No appearance Adviser: P Moses, counsel 2 PRELIMINARY [1] [The complainant], engaged [the adviser], to seek an essential skills work visa as a [Job title]. He already had a job offer. The visa application was made. As he did not have a visa, he could only work for a trial period. The employer then arguably terminated the employment. The adviser nonetheless continued with the ap...

4. AM v JO Ltd & Ors [2024] NZDT 496 (4 June 2024) [pdf, 206 KB]

   ...orders: 1. JO Ltd is to pay AM the sum of $2,000.00 on or before 25 June 2024. 2. The claim against MA and TA is dismissed. Reasons: 1. AM brought this claim against JO LtdJO LTD for $7,225.00 on the basis that he had paid this sum for job seeking services in 2019. AM said that his wife went to a job interview organised by JO Ltd but that the prospective employer offered employment on terms that did not meet the requirements of the skilled migrant visa category. 2. AM the...

5. T v Mudaliar [2015] NZIACDT 79 (06 August 2015) [pdf, 241 KB]

   ...forward the following background: Documentation of client engagement [5.1] Between 2010 and 2012, Mr Mudaliar submitted immigration applications for the complainant’s wife (the applicant). The applications were for a student permit, a graduate job search visa, a work visa, an expression of interest, and a residence visa. [5.2] Mr Mudaliar potentially did not have proper documentation for these instructions as he: [5.2.1] Did not have a written agreement for the student permit, or wo...

6. 2019 NZPSPLA 004185/2017 J Anstis [pdf, 136 KB]

   ...by: • Purchasing items for personal use on company accounts without prior approval, • Running up several hundred dollars worth of consumable goods on company accounts prior to ceasing employment which were not returned and were not used on jobs. • Obtaining wages to which he was not entitled by advising his employer he was not resigning when he had no intention of returning to work and had already accepted another job. • Not returning all company property when he ceased e...

7. HX v OH [2024] NZDT 849 (7 October 2024) [pdf, 105 KB]

   ...engaged HX to carry out some “handyman” work around her property in early 2024. 2. OH had a horse float on her property that was in need of repair. She discovered that HX previously worked as a panelbeater. They talked about HX taking on the job of returning the float to a roadworthy condition. 3. HX gave a price for the job. The parties now disagree about what that price was. This is discussed in more detail below. HX took the float away and worked on it at his property....

8. DE v WV Ltd [2015] NZDT 840 (4 September 2015) [pdf, 132 KB]

   ...accept that he was a contractor, has invoiced for his work and as he is the applicant to this claim, I do not intend to address the unusual combination of contractual and employment terms in the contract any further. [2] DE worked on a couple of jobs for WV Ltd, invoiced and was paid without issue until the job that is the subject of this claim. WV Ltd says it allocated 96 hours for that job, which it extended to 116 hours following a variation to the work and has already paid DE for...

9. T Ltd v M Ltd [2022] NZDT 191 (20 September 2022) [pdf, 108 KB]

   ...Ltd $5,750.00 by 11 October 2022. Reasons: 1. The Respondent contracted the Applicant plumber and gasfitter company on 2 February 2021 to disconnect existing steam operated machines and install new steam and water pipes for new machines. The job was to be done in two stages, to ensure new the machines were up and running before old machines were disconnected. 2. The Applicant claims that the contract was time and materials and that no estimate or quote was provided. The Respo...

10. [2018] NZSSAA 58 (19 November 2018) [pdf, 131 KB]

    ...Appearances The appellant in person I Ji, agent for the Ministry of Social Development DECISION Background [1] Karyn Mills (“the appellant”) appeals the decision on 18 November 2017 by the Ministry of Social Development to stop her Jobseeker Support payments (JS) from 18 October 2017 because she was absent from New Zealand. [2] The appellant is 44 years old. She has no dependents and at the date of hearing was not receiving any financial assistance from the M...