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1. 2021-02-04 GlenAyr Ltd evidence [pdf, 4.9 MB]

   ...decision. On the other hand, we had Dam builders wanting to start work over the summer which we wanted so that we could fill the Dam over the winter period and be ready for the next irrigation season. If we didn’t commit, they would go to another job. 23. In November 2019 we made the decision to go to a hearing as we considered it the best way to get the affected parties to engage and make some decisions so that we could move forward with our proposed development. DOC attend...

2. FFNZ - EiC - P W Hunt (5 Feb 2021) [pdf, 307 KB]

   ...potential risk of access to water being cut. 29. The cost of dealing with council is also increased as consents will effectively have to be applied for twice in a 10 year period. 30. The uncertainty and inability to forward plan is an impediment to job security and employment for farm workers and employees. The farm workers who are not able to secure stable employment are likely to leave the community (along with their families and other community connections). As history has...

3. [2020] NZEmpC 171 Alkazaz v Enterprise IT Ltd [pdf, 243 KB]

   ...needs to be viewed in context, including against the purpose of the entries, evidence that Mr Speers was well placed to give and which I accept. The evidence reflects a concern within the defendant company about Mr AlKazaz’s capacity to do the job and the extent to which he was willing to accept feedback, while acknowledging his enthusiasm. All of this is reflected in the contemporaneous documentation. I do not accept that evidence about a change ticket number which appears (an...

4. [2020] NZIACDT 30 - DMX v Guich (20 July 2020) [pdf, 113 KB]

   ...have liked to compile his response. The complaint had come at the worst possible time due to various personal factors and the global COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic had required him to spend countless hours to keep his business afloat and save jobs. His business is highly regarded in the industry but is effectively on life support, receiving the government wage subsidy, the small business cashflow loan and having made redundancies and cuts to keep it afloat. Furthermore, unneces...

5. Auckland Standards Committees 2 and 3 v Mason [2019] NZLCDT 5 [pdf, 89 KB]

   ...employment and had, at the date of the hearing informed only one of his employers about the disciplinary charges faced by him. Mr Mason was most concerned that if this information was made available to his main employer, he might well lose his job. It had taken some months after relocation for Mr Mason to obtain employment, and the Tribunal completely understands and has sympathy with the position of a person at Mr Mason’s age and stage attempting to start again in the workforce...

6. NQ v OW Ltd [2021] NZDT 1604 (28 June 2021) [pdf, 237 KB]

   ...her property in [Town], she found the attitude of the uplift staff in Auckland to be unprofessional including one particular staff member writing comments on the wrapping on her piano, she felt the staff in [Town] were in a hurry and rushed the job, she was given incorrect advice as to how long she had to make the insurance claim, the insurance assessor took two weeks to contact her and OW Ltd did not handle her possessions with care as stated in the contract. 14. In relation to the...

7. Hopkins v Accident Compensation Corporation (Entitlements) [2022] NZACC 153 [pdf, 248 KB]

   ...[11] On 4 April 2018, Dr Moana Taylor, GP, referred Ms Hopkins for an outpatient appointment at an Orthopaedic Clinic. That same day, Dr Taylor provided a medical certificate confirming that Ms Hopkins was fit to return full-time to her previous job. [12] On 5 April 2018, Dr Taylor received a response from the Orthopaedic Clinic: Tarlov cysts are common, benign and not a target for operative or other treatment for back pain symptoms. [13] On 10 April 2018, Dr Taylor completed anot...

8. [2022] NZEmpC 117 QDY v Counties Manukau District Health Board [pdf, 230 KB]

   ...that does not mean it is not important. [28] The applicant seeks compensation for redundancy. The findings on the issues identified will likely determine that claim. They also will likely inform the position of other employees who lost their jobs after they failed to get vaccinated and the approach their employers were required to take to their situations. It seems to me that important questions of law are likely to arise, both in the context of the applicant’s case and more br...

9. [2024] NZEmpC 139 Singh v Singh [pdf, 234 KB]

   ...was a prohibition on being placed in a triangular employment arrangement with a controlling third party. [8] The common theme in the evidence was that the applicants were employed by Miripiri only after paying a premium to secure the job, the amount of which was stipulated by Chamkaur Singh who also directed how it was to be paid. Three of the applicants say they paid $52,000 each. The other deposed to paying $46,000. The amounts were paid in India, apparently to Chamka...

10. TZ & AS v TQ [2024] NZDT 220 (8 March 2024) [pdf, 210 KB]

    ...leaked and that the roof pitch was wrong. Also, I saw no evidence that he had alerted the Applicants to the issue and the risk or that having done so they had agreed in order to keep the cost down. Instead I preferred the Applicants position that his job was to produce a compliant roof that did not leak and that it still leaked; d. I preferred the Applicants evidence that the windows were incorrectly measured so that they didn’t fit causing the weatherboard to break and the window to...