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1. [2021] NZIACDT 19 ZK v Registrar (20 August 2021) [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...assistant team leader in the travel industry. [5] The adviser is a director of [company], of Auckland. The consultancy employs the unlicensed Ms X. [6] In April 2018, the appellant approached the adviser seeking advice as to whether her job could be considered skilled employment for residence purposes. It appears they had a meeting on 10 April 2018. The appellant explained how her income was calculated and described it as guaranteed. The adviser recorded in his file notes th...

2. [2013] NZEmpC 4 Dalley v Norrell Building Ltd [pdf, 106 KB]

   ...isolated location on Banks Peninsula about two hours' drive from Christchurch. The house was described as “prestigious” and was to be built and finished to a very high standard. Mr Norrell appointed Mr Dalley as the foreman for this job. The project manager for Homes of Distinction was Brent Hyde. [7] Because of its remote location, the conditions for staff working on the job were unusual. Each week, staff travelled to the site on Monday morning and returned to Christ...

3. [2017] NZEmpC 66 Lal v The Warehouse [pdf, 136 KB]

   ...meet with Ms Lal to discuss her duties. [8] On 14 October 2013, Ms Lal visited an orthopaedic surgeon. He sent a report to Ms Lal’s doctor, detailing her condition and noting, amongst other things, that “She would certainly benefit from a job where she is not on her feet and is more sedentary and sitting in nature. She tells me she spends most of her day on her feet with custom [sic] relations walking which will certainly aggravate her symptoms.” This letter was followed up...

4. Ikbarieh v Hammadieh [2014] NZIACDT 49 (15 April 2014) [pdf, 168 KB]

   ...adviser informed the complainant that the pre-skills assessment by NZQA showed the complainant had 100 points for the expression of interest pool. The adviser asked the complainant if he would like to lodge the EOI first, or wait until he had obtained a job offer. [10.5] In response, the complainant asked the adviser about his chances of success in the EOI pool. The Adviser provided a link to the history of selection points for 2012, and advised him that this showed there had been many s...

5. [2017] NZEmpC 77 Idea Services Ltd v Crozier [pdf, 413 KB]

   ...the part of her employer as to whether she was sufficiently fit to fulfil all her CSW responsibilities. [4] Over the next four years, this issue was discussed with her from time to time. Understandably, Ms Crozier was keen to maintain her job for financial reasons and because she found the role satisfying. Her employment was eventually terminated in 2014 by reason of medical incapacity. [5] As a result, Ms Crozier brought a personal grievance, alleging that Idea Se...

6. 2021-02-05 Central Otago Winegrowers Association Evidence of James Dicey [pdf, 106 KB]

   ...SCOPE OF EVIDENCE 13. I provide an overview of the Central Otago Winegrowing region in relation to planted hectares and the additional area available for planting, volume of grapes produced, the value of those grapes as wine and the number of jobs the industry supports. 14. I consider the climatic variability of the Central Otago winegrowing region and identify what water is required to properly irrigate grape 4 PP-1035600-2-262-V1 vines to enable both vegetative and repr...

7. [2020] NZIACDT 8 - GQ v Ramos (10 February 2020) [pdf, 123 KB]

   ...(Gennie) Ramos, to obtain a post-study (employer assisted) work visa, following study in New Zealand. The complainant had an offer to work as a caregiver. The visa application made was unsuccessful as Immigration New Zealand did not regard the job as related to the qualification obtained. The complainant alleges that Ms Ramos was incompetent. [2] A complaint against Ms Ramos was made by the complainant to the Immigration Advisers Authority (the Authority), headed by the Registr...

8. [2009] NZEmpC CC 10/09 Rooney Earthmoving Ltd v McTague and ors [pdf, 175 KB]

   ...by Mr McTague to UDC. [62] In cross-examination Mr McTague said that as at 1 June, BMW had six or seven employees. Four were ex-REL employees, not including Messrs McTague, Bartlett and Whiting. Mr McTague claimed that BMW did not have one job at that time and that no one had ever quoted for a job for BMW before 1 June. That evidence was contrary to what was in Mr Baxter’s credit memorandum and which I have found was supplied by Mr McTague somewhere around 17 May. It is als...

9. Blieden v Registrar of Immigration Advisers [2016] NZIACDT 66 (4 October 2016) [pdf, 192 KB]

   ...However, a later application succeeded. She says the adviser failed to manage her residence application properly. [3] In reply, the adviser provided information for the Registrar, which indicated that Ms Blieden gave him an employment agreement, job description and instructions that showed her employment met the standard in the relevant immigration instruction. That view was confirmed, as the employment documentation was initially successful when lodged with Immigration New Zealand....

10. [2021] NZACC 145 – Ross v ACC (22 September 2021) [pdf, 156 KB]

    ...Rajapakse considered there was insufficient evidence to conclude that the psychological issues relating to chronic pain syndrome had substantially changed and Ms Ross’ chronic pain and associated depressive state made her unsuitable to do any of the jobs identified by Dr Antoniadis. The Court preferred the report of Dr Antoniadis describing it as being “more fully considered, nuanced and balanced” than that of Dr Rajapakse. ACR 243-18 ROSS 1.9.21 [10] The Court went...