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1. 2023 NZPSPLA 068 [pdf, 104 KB]

   ...counsel for Mr Mehmood S Singh – Interpreter DECISION [1] Police have applied to cancel Sajid Mehmood’s security certificate as he has been convicted of indecent assault. Mr Mehmood wants to keep his certificate so that he can get a job as a security guard. Mr Mehmood says there is no risk to the public if he is allowed to work in security as his offending was at the lower end and did not involve violence. He says private security is now the only job open to him. [2] Mr...

2. [2022] NZIACDT 27 - ZK v Li (8 November 2022) [pdf, 212 KB]

   ...team leader in the travel industry. [4] Mr Li is a director of Ursacorp Consulting (Ursacorp), of Auckland. The consultancy employs the unlicensed Ms X. [5] In April 2018, the complainant approached Mr Li seeking advice as to whether her job could be considered skilled employment for residence purposes. They met on 1 May 2018.1 The complainant explained how her income was calculated and described it as “guaranteed”.2 Mr Li recorded in his file notes that the employer’s...

3. 2025 NZPSPLA 028.pdf [pdf, 85 KB]

   ...is no longer suitable to be a certificate holder. Police advise that on 15 December 2024 Mr Allan visited the club where he worked as a security guard and got into an argument with an employee and threatened him. As a result, Mr Allan has lost his job and been served with a trespass notice. [2] Mr Allan advises he went into his workplace to check on his roster for the coming week after being out with friends. He understood his days had been increased but found out that rather than in...

4. [2015] NZEmpC 214 Goel v Director-General for Primary Industries [pdf, 135 KB]

   ...in the private sector dealing with a number of large organisations. However, he became "disillusioned" working in the private sector and his goal was to become a public servant because, as he explained it to the Court, public sector jobs appealed to him on an ethical level. [8] In 2010 Mr Goel graduated from Massey University in Wellington in Business Studies with grades for which he was listed in the Dean's list of top performing students. He worked as a part-ti...

5. [2021] NZEmpC 183 Stenhouse v Towman Towing Group Ltd [pdf, 303 KB]

   ...agreement. [17] In that agreement Ms Stenhouse’s position was described as “Office Admin”. What that meant was fleshed out in an attached schedule. The work required was general office duties described as answering phones, dispatching jobs, taking photographs for insurance purposes, invoicing jobs, pricing, dealing with the public, allocating jobs to drivers and general housekeeping. [18] At some point additions were made to the agreement providing more information a...

6. [2022] NZACC 1 - Namana (6 January 2022) [pdf, 275 KB]

   ...condition are being provoked by the job. As noted previously, the literature on occupational exposure to walking/ standing and its relationship to plantar fasciitis is poor, due to weak study design and poor methodological quality. Many workers in jobs that require walking/standing develop plantar fasciitis, but many workers in sedentary jobs also develop plantar fasciitis. The condition peaks in the 40s-50s, suggestive of age being a prime factor in causation rather than occupati...

7. ADK v ZWP [2011] NZDT 164 (17 November 2011) [pdf, 111 KB]

   ...Renga were required, and that this is something he wished to charge ZWP for, then he should have sought her agreement before purchasing them. Similarly ADK should have discussed the removal of the clay if it was going to increase the cost of the job. I find that ADK cannot charge ZWP the full cost of the variation: he is bound by his initial estimate and as such only entitled to a variation of 20 per cent. On this basis, I find that ZWP must pay ADK $414.00 (incl GST) for the work...

8. Waitangi Tribunal - Te Urewera VI media release [pdf, 123 KB]

   ...inferior and worthless. Crown officials believed that they knew what was best for Māori, and would not let hapu and iwi determine the form or content of social services. Many Māori from Te Urewera were compelled to leave the area in search of jobs, education, healthcare and better standards of living. Today only a minority of Te Urewera tangata whenua live in the area. Many witnesses in the inquiry spoke about the pain of being separated from their ancestral lands, and how they...

9. [2015] NZSSAA 038, 28 May [pdf, 30 KB]

   ...‘essential expenses’ we must be satisfied that the vehicle was acquired before the appellant became a beneficiary and there was no public transport reasonably available to him. [15] The appellant made formal application for, and was granted, Jobseeker Support on 22 January 2014. The grant of benefit made to him was backdated to 23 December 2013. It is submitted on behalf of the Chief Executive that because of the backdated grant the appellant was in effect a beneficiary as at 17 J...

10. AQ & BQ v DD Ltd [2022] NZDT 4 (11 February 2022) [pdf, 96 KB]

    ...The Tribunal orders: 1. Neither party owes the other any sum. Reasons 1. AQ and BQ purchased a W kitset garage. GD, from DD Ltd had undertaken other building work for AQ and BQ and undertook the installation of the garage. 2. During the job, various issues arose. After the work was completed, AQ and BQ did not wish to pay the final account of approximately $5,000.00. When DD Ltd pursued payment, AQ and BQ filed a claim seeking $30,000.00 in damages. DD Ltd counterclaimed fo...