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1. [2010] NZEmpC 128 McKendry v Jansen & Prouting [pdf, 82 KB]

   ...the loss of interest on savings used for living expenses in lieu of income. Also excluded was compensation for the loss occasioned by the necessary sale of a motor vehicle to pay for living expenses previously funded from remuneration for the job dismissed from: Purdon v McVicar Timber Group Ltd.5 [22] Meharry was applied by this Court in Mackintosh v Carter Holt Harvey Ltd6 where state paid benefits were not included in the classes of compensable losses. In Mackintosh an employee...

2. [2012] NZEmpC 86 Lend Lease Infrastructure Services (NZ) Ltd v Recreational Services Ltd [pdf, 147 KB]

   ...relate to parks maintenance, with a focus on lawn mowing, maintenance of flower and other beds, and the maintenance of park structures and amenities. That is what the potentially affected employees are employed for (as reflected in the relevant job descriptions), and that is what their daily work is directed at. [65] Picking up litter is a component of the work carried out by employees within each of the five identified groups. Such an activity is not cleaning within an ordin...

3. Slinger v Zhou [2015] NZIACDT 38 (15 April 2015) [pdf, 242 KB]

   ...sustainable. That is something Ms Zhou had to ensure she properly evaluated, if necessary by getting an accountant or business adviser to provide input. [45] Immigration New Zealand said the nature of the position could not be assessed, as there was no job description. An accurate job description was required when submitting the application. [46] The third issue was that the application said the position arose due to an impending retirement, but the female applicant was to report to the...

4. [2016] NZEmpC 33 Lewis v JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A [pdf, 166 KB]

   ...the proceeding began when another potential bank employer (Westpac Banking Corporation) declined his application for employment and advised him not to apply to it again because he was a “CV Cheat”. Mr Lewis says that he was unable to find a job within his field of expertise (banking) until he was fortunate to find a friend who could vouch for his background and he obtained employment as a business development manager with a chartered accountancy firm. He says that five months...

5. CAC 10064 v Jin [2013] NZREADT 57 [pdf, 80 KB]

   ...lot more that would have happened between the couple that I do not know about. This is another reason why I did not wish to get involved or take sides, but only try to help them through their property sale. 24. It is not my business, and not my job as an agent to tell a lawyer that there are issues between a couple. Their motivation is to sell the house. My job is to help them do that, and there is no difference in their motivation. If I have to tell their lawyer that they are figh...

6. Foot v Registrar of the REAA [2015] NZREADT 24 [pdf, 238 KB]

   ...subdivision occurring nearby.” Mr Garlick put it that “I have never evidenced prior to the tax matters any dishonesty on the part of the applicant in any business matter”. He has seen nothing to change his mind and emphasises that there is a job available to the applicant at Leaders should she be granted her licence in terms of this current review. [30] Mr Garlick then concluded his evidence-in-chief as follows: “12. That should the applicant be granted her licence and take...

7. Wells & Anor v REAA CAC 20007 & Anor [2014] NZREADT 36 [pdf, 83 KB]

   ...it had not been paid immediately upon the contract becoming unconditional; and when she found out about the position on 29 September 2011 it was too late for a deposit cheque to be cleared, as she put it. She asserts that it was the licensee’s job to let her know of the non collection of the deposit but that when he did it was too late to do much about it. [45] In his cross-examination of Ms Wells, Mr Clancy also focused on whether there was a telephone call on 20 or 21 September 201...

8. Colmore v ACC 2014 NZACA 19 [pdf, 82 KB]

   ...regraded as a senior section clerk in about November 1985, skipping the grade of section clerk. In September 1986, he attained the highest pay grade available for a senior section clerk. [8] Mr Colmore was finding it increasingly difficult to do the job, due to health issues. He appears to have commenced paid sick leave in February 1987 (see applicant’s bundle p35). Once he had used up all of his paid sick leave, he took sick leave without pay. [9] In September 1987, Mr Colmore red...

9. Sansom v Department of Internal Affairs [2016] NZHRRT 17 [pdf, 100 KB]

   ...personal file I saw today is extremely limited, so I would like copies of all information about me from all sources and all files held at DIA or at ATL. This includes information about me, my accident, my complaint to the NZ Police, my re-organisation job applications and interviews, notes of interviews with other ATL staff about my complaints of harassment by NL staff, and any other information about me, in the period, December 16, 2010 to the present. Please forward copies of this info...

10. [2011] NZCA 14 CA405/2010 Idea Services Ltd v Dickson [pdf, 161 KB]

    ...averaging approach. Yet the concept is absent from the legislation. If averaging was intended, the omission of any express reference to it is remarkable. [36] Finally, the averaging approach would also mean that workers who do exactly the same job are entitled to different amounts of pay depending on how much non-sleepover work they do. Take a worker who does only one or two sleepovers a week and no other work. That worker would be statutorily entitled to considerably more money...