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1. Richardson v Accident Compensation Corporation (Work Related Gradual Process Injury) [2024] NZACC 161 (7 October 2024) [pdf, 247 KB]

   ...be: male (80.3% vs 31.1%; p< .001), have longer symptom duration (10.3 ± 13.3 vs 3.5 ± 2.5 years, P = .001), be involved in a manual labour job (49.0% vs 20.0%, P = .002), and be younger (53.1 ± 10.4 vs 58.3 ± 9.8; P = .006). Manual labour jobs were defined as repetitive tasks or jobs requiring intermittent lifting of >10 kg. 9 (c) There is a documented 2001 right wrist injury involving trauma. No imaging or treatment notes were provided. Mr Richardson was highly f...

2. [2008] NZEmpC AC 44/08 HP Industries (NZ) Ltd v Davison [pdf, 54 KB]

   ...particular employment was not genuinely redundant. It determined that his dismissal was unjustifiable because he was not treated fairly and sensitively. [3] The Authority noted that Mr Davison was not entitled to compensation for the loss of the job itself but awarded compensation for the effects of the unlawful termination in the sum of $9,000. Costs were reserved but remain unresolved. The challenge [4] HP challenges the determination. It alleges that: • Mr...

3. Juneja v Kumar [2015] NZIACDT 70 (29 May 2015) [pdf, 92 KB]

   ...which the complaint is based are: [1.1] The complainant went to Mr Kumar’s practice to get advice on applying for a work visa. [1.2] An unlicensed person generally provided the services. [1.3] Mr Kumar provided advice as to the requirements for a job offer that would meet the criteria for applying for a work visa. He provided incorrect advice, and then lodged the application with non-complying documentation, and information showing the complainant had worked outside of the conditions...

4. LCRO 76/2013 OP v The Trust (21 July 2017) [pdf, 127 KB]

   ...was hospitalised and unable to communicate or work for some time. Mr OP continued to receive instructions from time to time from Ms LM and her attorney. [8] On 28 February 2011 Mr SJ contacted Mr OP to find out whether Ms LM had secured another job. Mr OP said he did not know. He did not know, because Ms LM had not told him before her accident whether she had accepted the offer of employment from [XX]. However, they both knew she had not resigned from her employment with the Tru...

5. TE v QU Ltd [2023] NZDT 53 (12 January 2023) [pdf, 198 KB]

   ...laptop to QU Ltd for repairs. QU Ltd lost her laptop’s hard drive, and she claims compensation of $10,000.00. 2. Both parties attended the hearing. Background 3. On 12 April 2021, TE took her laptop to QU Ltd because it was failing to boot. The job card records “Data Important? No” … computer not boot into the system … update the ssd for customer”. TE denies that she told QU Ltd the data on the laptop was not important. 4. QU Ltd carried out repairs the same day an...

6. MC v BL [2013] NZIACDT 8 (28 February 2013) [pdf, 134 KB]

   ...[48] Ms BL said in her submission that her engagement commenced on 3 February 2011. The same day she sent Mr MC a checklist so he could compile the necessary documents. 6 [49] She was told at the outset by Mr MC he had a fulltime job offer as a graphic/web designer. This was the supported by: [49.1] A file note of the discussion. [49.2] What appears to be a job offer for such a position of employment. [50] Ms BL submitted a work visa application to Immigration New Zea...

7. NL v Joseph [2020] NZIACDT 6 (31 January 2020) [pdf, 125 KB]

   ...REPRESENTATION: Registrar: Self-represented Complainant: A McClymont, counsel Adviser: No appearance 2 PRELIMINARY [1] The complainant, NL, instructed Mr Ashar Joseph, the adviser, to seek a work visa based on a job offer from a business in which Mr Joseph had an interest. Mr Joseph told a staff member to sign the relevant employment documents in the name of the business owner, who was unaware of the job offer. The owner retrospectively gave approva...

8. Social Wellbeing and Perceptions of the Criminal Justice System Report [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ................................................... 39 Figure 4.3: Confidence in the criminal justice system amongst New Zealand adults, by victimisation in the previous 12 months, NZCVS Cycle 2 (2018/19) ............. 40 Figure 4.4: Views of how good a job different parts of the criminal justice system are doing amongst New Zealand adults, NZCVS Cycle 2 (2018/19) ................... 41 Figure 4.5: Percentage of adults who think different parts of the criminal justice system are doing a g...

9. NZCVS topical report Cycle 2 (2019) - Social wellbeing and perceptions of the criminal justice system [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ................................................... 39 Figure 4.3: Confidence in the criminal justice system amongst New Zealand adults, by victimisation in the previous 12 months, NZCVS Cycle 2 (2018/19) ............. 40 Figure 4.4: Views of how good a job different parts of the criminal justice system are doing amongst New Zealand adults, NZCVS Cycle 2 (2018/19) ................... 41 Figure 4.5: Percentage of adults who think different parts of the criminal justice system are doing a g...

10. [2013] NZEmpC 157 Service and Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota Inc v Terranova Homes and Care Ltd [pdf, 343 KB]

    ...if their pay is uninfected by current or historical or structural gender discrimination. If a comparator that is uninfected by gender discrimination cannot be found within the workplace or the sector it may be necessary to look more broadly, to jobs to which a similar value can be attributed using gender neutral criteria. 24 At [51] per Elias CJ and Blanchard and Wilson JJ. [47] We are fortified in our interpret...