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   ...that are included in the Clean Slate Act – an expunged conviction cannot be disclosed for any purpose in New Zealand, whereas under the Clean Slate Act a conviction may still need to be disclosed in certain situations (e.g. when a person applies for a job working with children). How does this scheme compare with what other jurisdictions have done? The scheme is modelled on a number of schemes or proposed schemes in Australian states and England and Wales. There are some distinctions based on...

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2. 2025 NZPSPLA 054.pdf [pdf, 102 KB]

   ...core business of an employment investigator to assess whether allegations being made could amount to misconduct or bullying and then to investigate whether there is a factual basis to support the allegations. [21] Mr Brown was only doing his job when advising Mrs Wood’s employer of the likely outcome if the new allegations being made were established. In addition, he was following good practice when he informed Mrs Wood of the new complaints and what 6 the outcome cou...

3. 2025 NZPSPLA 087 pdf [pdf, 100 KB]

   ...contract with Armourguard prior to getting his new COA in September 2022. Mr Singh denies he worked in security after his first COA expired in August 2020 until he got a new COA in September 2022. He was in India until December 2020 and worked in other jobs until September 2022. He did not return to security work until he started training with Mannat’s to take over their subcontracting. He says Kawaljeet Singh helped him apply for his new COA so he could do this. [10] There is insu...

4. SZ v U Ltd [2025] NZDT 116 (13 February 2025) [pdf, 190 KB]

   ...replaced. 14. U Ltd said that this work was carried out after an engine light went on and a fault with the sensors was shown. It provided no evidence of contact being made with SZ or her parents before the replacement of the sensors was carried out. No job cards have been provided and so it is not possible to identify when the work was carried out. However, SZ has provided evidence that she and her parents were seeking information on what work was being carried out on the car and no re...

5. [2025] NZREADT 31 – Green v REAA (30 July 2025) [pdf, 208 KB]

   ...hold and did not do this by 31 December 2024. (c) He was given two letters from the Authority with regard to applying for an exemption or deferral which he did not get back to the Authority. He says this was a busy time as he had started a new job, was in the middle of selling his own home and dealing with a very stressful family matter. (d) All the mail correspondence was going to his old address and he did not receive it. He was working away from home and had limited access to...

6. 2025 NZPSPLA 074.pdf [pdf, 106 KB]

   ...September 2016. He did not apply for another COA until 2021. In September 2017 the Licensing Authority received a complaint that Mr Shaw was working in security without a COA or licence. The complainant said that Mr Shaw was accepting payment for security jobs and driving around in his security car wearing his security uniform although his certificate had expired. [5] The CIPU investigation into that complaint concluded that Mr Shaw was operating Home Security Services on and expired...

7. Research on the effectiveness of police practice in reducing residential burglary part 5: case study of Rotorua Local Police Area [pdf, 454 KB]

   ...residents working in the forestry, fishing and agriculture sectors, but an increase in professional, machine operators’ and assemblers’ occupations. Many respondents interviewed for this case study discussed the decline of well-paid manual labour jobs in the area, particularly in forestry, which had experienced a succession of redundancies, resulting in long-term unemployment for those without other skills or qualifications. 2.1.5 Qualifications Rotorua Police Area population was less qua...

8. [2011] NZEmpC 44 Matsuoka v LSG Sky Chefs NZ Ltd & SFWU [pdf, 245 KB]

   ...of responsibilities in relation to vehicles and the maintenance of equipment as the project manager. He would obtain quotations, talk to contractors over the phone, arrange for the sale of equipment, look after the trucks and do all the extra jobs that needed to be done in relation to the equipment and materials necessary to service the airlines. [13] The evidence satisfies me that the contractual arrangements to provide food catering services to SQ, Cathay Pacific (CP), Malaysi...

9. [2012] NZEmpC 109 Shelby Park Ltd v Blackie [pdf, 186 KB]

   ...week for the accommodation provided by the plaintiff together with power, making a total of $880. This was for the period from 6 November 2008 until 27 May 2009 when he went onto the unemployment benefit for one week and then obtained a full time job. He claimed that his gross loss before tax during that period of 28 weeks and five days was $33,894.97. From that was to be deducted his gross earnings from other sources during that period of $8,454.42 giving his claimed lost before...

10. [2012] NZEmpC 142 Horton Media Ltd [pdf, 212 KB]

    ...work drunk. Although the date was not pinpointed, the plant manager at the time arranged for him to undergo a six to seven month alcohol awareness course conducted by the Salvation Army. The result was that he gave up alcohol and retained his job. He said that he continued to smoke marijuana but only on a recreational basis outside of work. [7] Thereafter Mr Hooper’s work record appears uneventful. In approximately 2005 he was promoted from production to the syrup room. As a...