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1. [2012] NZEmpC 218 NZ Airline Pilots Association v Mt Cook Airlines Ltd [pdf, 147 KB]

   ...Postal Workers case was primarily concerned with the interaction between ss 9(1) and 9(3) of the Act and, in particular, the calculation of relevant daily pay in respect of posties where, given the unpredictable circumstances associated with the job, it is not possible to establish whether a postie would have had to work overtime on the relevant day in order to complete his or her postal round. The Court of Appeal held that because there was this element of uncertainty as to how mu...

2. Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination – summary record 15th-17th reports (continued) [pdf, 63 KB]

   ...Since it had been set up, the Office had tried to cooperate closely with all ethnic communities - particularly Muslim communities following the events of 11 September - in order to respond to their needs and concerns, which were primarily linked to job discrimination, the preservation of their ethnic identity and their cultural heritage and their feelings of security and of belonging to New Zealand society. CERD/C/SR.1821 page 6 26. Starting from the premise that diversity was an as...

3. Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination – summary record 18th-20th reports [pdf, 148 KB]

   ...improved. 14. Better qualifications led to better economic outcomes. The Government was working closely with education-providers and communities to ensure that students in the 25–34 age group received training and qualifications relevant to the job market. In addition, it had established and substantially funded a four-year scheme that gave incentives to employers to provide 3,000 training opportunities for young persons in the 16–24 age group on benefit and with low or no skill...

4. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 DM Piritahi Kathryn Ngapo [pdf, 191 KB]

   ...especially in the summer season? Likewise, would it be safe to swim there with boats coming and going? As well, water quality will be degraded because of chemical pollutants from the boats and the cleansing tides will find it harder to do their job because of the marina structures. How has the marina improved access? 64. Neither does a construction that thus reduces safety in the harbour “produce positive socio-economic outcomes for the resident community,” when that harbour r...

5. [2013] NZEmpC 175 Tranzit Coachlines Wairarapa v Morgan & Wilson [pdf, 171 KB]

   ...one page variation produced, that Mr Morgan had a written agreement in the same terms as Ms Wilson and that that was in force on 27 December 2010. The pleadings in any event confirm that. [27] The first schedule, which contains the job descriptions and duties, is in general terms. It does, however, require the employees to assist the plaintiff with any work associated with the normal operation of the employer’s business, which may be required, other than driving. Wh...

6. Your guide to legal aid [pdf, 774 KB]

   ...same legal aid office that you have been dealing with. The person who reconsiders the issue will not be the person who made the original decision. They can consider any new information you supply. You can apply for legal aid again if you lose your job or your income drops, or if the police charge you with a more serious offence. It usually takes about 15 working days for a reconsideration. If the ‘reconsideration’ is declined – applying to the Legal Aid Tribunal If you wish to...

7. Guest v New Zealand Law Society [2010] NZLCDT 16 [pdf, 69 KB]

   ...his affidavit. I respond to each. (a) I resigned following only the one allegation relating to the $100.00 which I have already covered. (b) No allegation was ever made that I had taken cash as well as legal aid payments for the same job. I have never done this at all in my entire career. (c) I have no knowledge of “inappropriate disbursements being charged to clients”. No such allegation has ever been made to me. I never did such a thing.” [37] It can be se...

8. McCay-Woods v CAC 20008 & Anor [2014] NZREADT 103 [pdf, 69 KB]

   ...complied with his duties under the Act and its Rules and that the rest of the complainant’s family were “happy” with his performance as real estate agent to sell the estate property and that at all times he was simply endeavouring to “do my job”. He felt that, at material times, the complainant was aware of the meaning of sale by deadline but put it that, if she wanted to have that process explained to her, she should have obtained that from the estate lawyers because she was a...

9. Boyd-Dunlop & Anor v CAC307 & Anor [2016] NZREADT 8 [pdf, 170 KB]

   ...sending all the information to the lawyers for the complainant purchasers and having provided them with time under the due diligence clause to properly advise the complainants. Our member feels that the licensee has not been negligent and did the best job she could in the circumstances and in terms of 13 what is expected from a real estate agent as distinct from a lawyer; and that the licensee did not market the property as having a commercial use, nor did she mislead anybody, and...

10. Satnam Singh v Shane Singh and Scorpion Liquor [2015] NZHRRT 8 [pdf, 91 KB]

    ...the toilet and shop. There was no written employment agreement and he was paid between $6 and $7 per hour. [15] The plaintiff was always required to work more than 20 hours per week. He was told by Shane Singh that he was training or learning the job. Initially the plaintiff did not mind working the hours but it took only a few days to learn the position. The plaintiff 4 ended up working an average of 42 hours a week throughout the period of his employment. Because he was und...