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1. [2007] NZEmpC CC 3/07 Peoples v Accident Compensation Corporation [pdf, 63 KB]

   ...it in Sydney until about 14 June 2006. The copy of the Determination that I received gave me no advice as to dates or contacts for how or when to proceed with a challenge to the decision. 61. To further complicate the matter, I started a new job on 20 June 2006. From 20 June 2006 to 23 June 2006, I was sent to Melbourne for induction training at the head office of my new employer. Accordingly, for 10 days after it was delivered to me, I was unable to commit any time to...

2. [2022] NZACC 20 - Harris v ACC (21 February 2022) [pdf, 177 KB]

   ...pay penalty interest from 1983 – 1992. My lawyer pointed out judgments Unwin v ARCIC 2017/97, SB v ARCIC 393/97, and Illes v ARCIC 78/2000 that ACC had to pay penalty interest back to the date that the error occurred. I was employed at two jobs at the time my first job was a book binder, my secondary job was a cleaner for Upper Hutt City Council. On the secondary job they calculated $57.52 per week and it should have been $76.69 per week and under payment of $19.17 in 1983....

3. [2022] NZEmpC 5 VMR v Civil Aviation Authority [pdf, 519 KB]

   ...Security Service (AvSec), because they had not been vaccinated. CAA asserted that this was a mandatory requirement under the law for the particular class of worker involved and that it was not possible to either modify the plaintiffs’ job descriptions so as to avoid the effect of the applicable legal requirements, or to redeploy them. [2] Subsequently, the plaintiffs raised an employment relationship problem in the Employment Relations Authority. They then sought inter...

4. [2014] NZEmpC 10 Matsuoka v LSG Sky Chefs NZ Ltd [pdf, 62 KB]

   ...Category One in the notice is concerned it is not in dispute. Mr Pollak agrees that those documents are to be disclosed. Indeed I understand the defendant has made disclosure. [11] Insofar as Category Two is concerned, this relates to job descriptions, job specifications, policy manuals and standard operating procedures relating to the position of ground steward with the defendant. I am informed that the defendant does not have a position of ground steward but as a matte...

5. BS v O Ltd [2023] NZDT 168 (3 July 2023) [pdf, 101 KB]

   ...him and in 2022 he had ND marina haul out the boat and do maintenance. Further, in 2023 BS was advised by O Ltd that he could haul out the boat in June and fit the wooden plank, however, after some consideration BS decided not to go through with the job because he had decided to sell the boat. 5. BS submitted that he should not have to pay for the four years of storage claimed by O Ltd. 6. NX representing O Ltd explained that in 2020 Covid 19 resulted in O Ltd being shut down for a...

6. AA v BB [2024] NZDT 80 (26 February 2024) [pdf, 103 KB]

   ...2019, and $1000.00 for his flight to [Country] in September 2019. 8. AA’s position is that these were loans which her son had agreed to repay. Specifically she says that she gave him $22,000.00 in cash which he had agreed to repay when he got a job, and from this he bought a $15,000.00 [vehicle] for himself so he could find a job, and a car for her, which she says was valued at $6000.00, but he said was valued at $7,500.00; that he nagged her to loan him money for the turntable and...

7. SU v S Ltd [2025] NZDT 142 (14 February 2025) [pdf, 100 KB]

   ...before Friday 7 March 2025. Reasons: 1. In October 2019, S Ltd (the supplier) provided a quotation to SU (the consumer) to restore his [brand 1] tile roof and apply a three-coat paint system at a cost of $6,900.00. The consumer asked how long the job would take; the supplier responded that there was a lead time of four weeks, and it would take around five days. The consumer accepted the quotation and paid the deposit. The consumer claims that the supplier turned up without notifying h...

8. KT & SG v D Ltd [2025] NZDT 139 (23 March 2025) [pdf, 196 KB]

   ...debris build up that was always going to occur at some point and is a coincidence it occurred so soon after an oil change. 4. The pickup was described by ED as being similar to a shower head, with holes, but working in reverse – and doing the job of sucking up oil. The pickup sits in the sump and is submerged in oil. 5. ED saw the majority of the holes in the pickup were blocked. ED replaced the sump leaving it intact. The car was taken by SG and KT to [Auto Shop] for a second opi...

9. [2011] NZEmpC 109 Evolution E Business Limited v Smith [pdf, 229 KB]

   ...2009. His email stated: To Henry Norcross, I am hereby handing in my resignation from employment as Technical Manager with e://volution E-Business Ltd. My final day of work will be Friday the 13 th of February. I currently have no other job offers and will begin my job hunt once [I] return to New Zealand, [I] have however decided that my time with e://volution is over. It has been of huge value to me in working with this company and going through all of our recent strugg...

10. [2006] NZEmpC AC 65/06 McAlister v Air New Zealand Ltd [pdf, 139 KB]

    ...subjected to such detriment; or (c) retires that employee, or requires or causes that employee to retire or resign. (2) For the purposes of this section, detriment includes anything that has a detrimental effect on the employee's employment, job performance, or job satisfaction. (3) This section is subject to the exceptions set out in section 106. [75] Section 105 imports prohibited grounds of discrimination from s21(1) of the Human Rights Act 1993 and includes age as...