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1. Flawn v Accident Compensation Corporation (Individual Rehabilitation Plan) [2024] NZACC 142 [pdf, 587 KB]

   ...understand whether ACC can cover my injury and what help or assistance I might need in the future, if any. 31/08/2021 Open Standalone Workplace Assessment Description: To identify and describe the tasks, duties and hours of my pre- injury job or current employment. 10/08/2021 Open [24] On 3 June 2021, Mr O’Sullivan confirmed Ms Flawn’s consent to the IRP to Ms Algar: This is good. Yes we agree to all assessments being done under the auspices of APM. It makes sens...

2. [2021] NZEmpC 117 Zara’s Turkish Ltd (in liquidation) v Kocaturk [pdf, 378 KB]

   ...ongoing work for Mr Kocatürk but not for Mrs Kocatürk (the circumstances in which her employment ended are discussed later). The Authority held that Mr Kocatürk resigned his employment, protesting about what had happened over Mrs Kocatürk’s job, when there was ongoing work available for him. [12] The Authority accepted Mrs Kocatürk’s claim that she began working for Zara’s Turkish in September 2010 in Richmond and that she worked for four hours a day for $150 gross p...

3. [2022] NZEmpC 131 Farrand Orchards Ltd v Tane [pdf, 342 KB]

   ...employment during this conversation, including as to a 90-day trial period.3 [11] On 17 March 2019, Mr Farrand emailed Mr Tane a written employment agreement. It was incomplete in that it was unsigned, undated, and did not have Mr Tane’s name or job description or contain any pay details. It contained a 90-day trial period. [12] The Authority noted that the covering email did not draw attention to the trial period and suggested that all terms of the proposed agreement were...

4. [2012] NZEmpC 51 New Zealand Cards Ltd v Ramsay [pdf, 130 KB]

   ...onwards. Mr Ramsay made a trip to coastal Otago in late August 2008, a trip to Central Otago in mid-September and a further trip to Picton in late September but more trips were required. [14] Mr Ramsay was conscious of the competing demands of his job and his mother. He spoke regularly with her doctors and made enquiries about getting paid care for her. In early October 2008, he approached Mr Beresford. They discussed the situation. Mr Ramsay expressed his concern about being a...

5. [2006] NZEmpC WC 23/06 Spotless Services (NZ) Ltd v Morrison [pdf, 81 KB]

   ...[15] Ms Bryant told her that the work of the other employees was being affected by her time away from the office. They were happy to help each other but her absences meant that working days were interrupted. Ms Morrison said she enjoyed her job and planned to stay as long as Spotless had the contract. [16] Ms Morrison was not absent during August 2004 but from then on took annual leave in 1 or 2 day blocks. In November and December she had 8 days’ sick leave and a day’s lea...

6. Waters v Alpine Energy Ltd (Discovery) [2014] NZHRRT 8 [pdf, 97 KB]

   ...list of documents filed by Alpine Energy on 8 November 2013 identified the following documents as either having been released with redactions or not released at all: Date Description Comment Reasons Pages 10. June 2010 Alpine Energy summary of job applications Released with redactions Confidential information under section 69(1)(b) of the Evidence Act 2006 – contains personal details (names, addresses, contact numbers) 1 17. Undated 2012 Alpine Energy summary of...

7. 2022 NZPSPLA 027.pdf [pdf, 119 KB]

   ...They consider Mr Maharaj has learnt from his mistakes and is unlikely to act in a similar way in the future. [22] I also accept that Mr Maharaj has already suffered financially as a result of his misconduct. He voluntarily stood down from his job around the time this complaint was filed. In addition, he was banned from working at the University and received a final warning from his employer. [23] Had Mr Maharaj not already faced disciplinary action from his employer and the Univ...

8. QI & UD v P Ltd [2023] NZDT 636 (28 November 2023) [pdf, 175 KB]

   ...remedial work showing numerous patches that he had completed to remedy the defects. This work was completed at a cost of $2,500.00. c) I have considered the evidence of UP, director of P Ltd, that none of the defects were visible when he completed the job. UP provided a video of the work taken at the final inspection, along with still photos taken from the video. Unfortunately, the video was fast moving and often taken from a distance. I find that the video was not of a suitable quality...

9. Q Ltd v T Ltd [2023] NZDT 755 (13 December 2023) [pdf, 193 KB]

   ...6. Where a party who has been given notice of the hearing fails to participate in the hearing the Disputes Tribunal can proceed and determine the matter on the evidence available to it1. 7. NC submitted that: a. Q Ltd quoted $1,725.00 for the job. 1 Section 42, Disputes Tribunal Act 1988 CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 2 of 4 b. T Ltd considered that the quoted price was high given the size of the job, but they accepted the quote. c. There were no changes to the plan, and...

10. [2017] NZEmpC 52 Unite Union Inc v Restaurant Brands Ltd [pdf, 303 KB]

    ...asked to run the shift (as above) in the absence of the rostered Shift Supervisor, resulting in the employee becoming the Shift Supervisor for a specific shift. [11] It was common ground that the defendant’s employees are not employed in a job or position as Shift Supervisors – Sole Charge as is apparent from cl 3.2; it is a role that is performed as required. Each employee is a “Team Member” who must be paid in accordance with the tables in cl 3.1 and, depending on the rol...