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1. [2016] NZEmpC 74 Tairawhiti District Health Board v NZ Nurses Organisation Inc [pdf, 275 KB]

   ...may credit this service; (ii) degree of difficulty in recruiting for specific skills and/or experience required for the position. (c) For new appointees to designated senior nurse/midwife positions, placement on the scale will be based on job size, job content, responsibility, experience and qualifications. These shall reflect the outcomes of the Senior Nurse/Midwife job scoping exercise to be undertaken in 2005. … (e) Movement through the salary scales shall be by aut...

2. [2021] NZACC 105 - W v ACC (16 July 2021) [pdf, 384 KB]

   ...parties. Mr Beel was looking for other sources of work when he suffered multiple injuries in a motor bike accident on 24 January 2007. At the time Mr Beel was in the process of re- establishing his business in Christchurch. He had been doing odd jobs in the meantime. He had never ceased to be an earner and was chasing new business. At the time of the accident he was travelling to Kaiapoi to have a hydraulic hose of his mechanical loader repaired. He produced invoices for the...

3. [2006] NZEmpC AC 57/06 Kumar v Icehouse (NZ) Ltd [pdf, 114 KB]

   ...employee to behaviour that is unwelcome or offensive to that employee (whether or not that is conveyed to the employer or representative) and that, either by its nature or through repetition, has a detrimental effect on that employee's employment, job performance, or job satisfaction. … [49] This section is expressed to be for two purposes. First, for s103(1)(d), which deals with a claim by an employee who has been sexually harassed in the employee’s employment and, second...

4. [2016] NZEmpC 135 Nathan v Broadspectrum [pdf, 180 KB]

   ...[18] Prior to making this proposal Broadspectrum had called two witnesses whose evidence was intended to show that, whatever the outcome of the investigation meeting, it was not practicable and reasonable to reinstate Mr Nathan to his former job as Acting Team Leader based at its Glover Street branch. The two witnesses were Wellington Cable’s Chief Executive, Mr Simon Fleisher, and a senior manager from that company, Mr Andrew Cresswell. [19] Mr Fleisher had not been employed...

5. [2023] NZEnvC 193 Brial v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 5.3 MB]

   ...That�the�development�must�be�undertaken/carried�out�in�accordance�with�the�plans:� � •� ‘Proposed Subdivision of Lot 2 Part DP 26174 Slope Hill Road Proposed Subdivision Plan’,� prepared�by�Clark�Fortune�McDonald�&�Associates.��Drawing�No.�02,�Sheet�001.��Job�No.�12830.�� Dated�02.11.18�Rev�C.� •� ‘Proposed Subdivision of Lot 2 Part DP 26174 Slope Hill Road Proposed Subdivision Plan’,� prepared�by�...

6. [2013] NZEmpC 81 Brake v Grace Team Accounting Ltd [pdf, 191 KB]

   ...had allocated the plaintiff a substantial volume of work for the year ahead. [12] When discussing workloads at the staff meeting on 7 April the minutes record the following: 14. Workflows have not changed all that much. Most of Janine’s jobs have gone to Judy [Ms Brake]. If you’re not busy this month, look over your workflow and familiarise yourself with your jobs. In some months the hours have gone over but this will be due to those larger jobs that could take more th...

7. [2011] NZEmpC 140 Gwilt v Briggs Stratton NZ Ltd [pdf, 188 KB]

   ...consist of my asking you to respond to the above issues namely: Why you have failed to respond as promised to the offer of position? Why you have given me no response to the offer of medical help? Why you have not accepted or rejected the job offer? Did you in fact take another position with another company in Australia? Would you prefer to discuss an exit package? Given your situation now please indicate your wishes as to the outcome of the meeting. ... In the absen...

8. [2021] NZEmpC 35 Radford v Chief of New Zealand Defence Force [pdf, 415 KB]

   ...New Zealand Defence Staff in Washington DC, Ms Talei Ruby. Ms Ruby would eventually become Ms Radford’s line manager. 2 Radford v Chief of New Zealand Defence Force [2019] NZEmpC 156. 3 At [7]. [13] Ms Radford was offered the job on 23 August 2010. The job offer, a draft individual employment agreement and a job description were sent to her by Ms Ruby. She eventually received a copy of New Zealand Defence Staff Washington’s Standing Orders and the Civilian Empl...

9. DD v B Ltd [2022] NZDT 258 (20 December 2022) [pdf, 185 KB]

   ...Ltd because they had not provided the service in a reasonable timeframe (or followed up in order to do so) as per the guarantee of reasonable timeframe for services in the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 (‘CGA’). The responsibility to ensure the job proceeds in a reasonable timeframe lies with the supplier, particularly once they have accepted a 50% part-payment, so even if there had been a misunderstanding about who was waiting on contact from whom, after a period of no contact B Ltd sh...

10. 2024 NZPSPLA 025 pdf [pdf, 173 KB]

    ...that fell into this definition. The Act specifically notes that any of the functions listed (screening, keeping order or removing a person) are functions of a crowd controller. I am satisfied that Parliament intended when drafting this Act, that if a job involves undertaking to a large extent any of these functions (screening, keeping order or removing a person) at any time whilst conducting their role, then the job would be classified as a crowd controller. [9] I note section 19(2)...