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1. Justice Matters July 2019 [pdf, 3.5 MB]

   ...Mediations. We spoke to a few of the team members to get an idea of what they do and what it’s like working there. Jenni has been working for the Ministry since 1998 and has been with the Environment Court since approximately 2003. Her job involves lots of case management for Judge Dwyer, answering customer and media enquiries, and preparing documents. “I really enjoy working for the Environment Court, there is a lot of variety and experience in the team,” says Jenni....

2. Justice Matters - issue 15 - July 2019 [pdf, 3.5 MB]

   ...Mediations. We spoke to a few of the team members to get an idea of what they do and what it’s like working there. Jenni has been working for the Ministry since 1998 and has been with the Environment Court since approximately 2003. Her job involves lots of case management for Judge Dwyer, answering customer and media enquiries, and preparing documents. “I really enjoy working for the Environment Court, there is a lot of variety and experience in the team,” says Jenni....

3. Pio v Accident Compensation Corporation (Weekly Compensation) [2023] NZACC 142 [pdf, 303 KB]

   ...with night-time disturbance every night and his enjoyment of life is clearly compromised by this. He is a very fit man of 50 years of age, his appearance certainly belies his years. He works in the mussel opening industry nowadays but has had other jobs historically. [16] Mr Wilson submitted an ARTP8 on 1 April 2014. In that plan, he noted that packing mussels repetitively had caused bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, requiring carpal tunnel release surgery. He expected Mr Pio would...

4. Waitangi Tribunal - issue 69 of Te Manutukutuku [pdf, 2.5 MB]

   ...work with old people and young people, and try and articulate their experiences to a Tribunal that was hungry to hear it. I had to try and marshal that energy and point it in the right direction. It was a huge challenge, as much of a political job as a legal job. To do that day in day out was an incredible privilege for the decade and a half I did it. They were real people with real issues, real pain from the past, real pain in the present. All of my experiences were of watching a...

5. [2007] NZEmpC CC 26/07 Southern Local Government Officers Union Inc v Christchurch City Council [pdf, 74 KB]

   ...day and are provided with a motor vehicle and technology that enables them to operate continuously away from the work base. They start their working days by logging on to electronic instructions from home and drive directly to the day’s first job; they finish their working days likewise. They are required to take meal and refreshment breaks in the field. [5] As a result of negotiations with the union in 2001 it was agreed that the amounts that would have been paid as penal...

6. [2013] NZEmpC 200 Jonas v Menefy Trucking Ltd [pdf, 160 KB]

   ...stopped. I said, “No”, and he asked, “Why not?” I explained because I was time pushed and I had just got onto the motorway. Steve asked if I could go back. I said no because I was time pushed. He said he would ring me back with my next job. [13] Mr Thompson did not give evidence but a note which he made of Mr Jonas’ initial report of the incident was submitted by consent. It read: I had a phone call from Darren. He told me that he hit the gate on the way out of...

7. Waudby - Wharepuhunga 16B8 (2004) 107 Waikato MB 163 (107 W 163) [pdf, 5.2 MB]

   ...could be certain that the principle of commercial success had been accepted by the beneficial owners as a whole. Mr Clark for the beneficial owners submitted that a policy of employing or contracting someone who is "the best person for the job" is the correct path to follow. I consider that the trustees are Minute Book: 107 W 179 bound by their duties as trustees to employ or contract the best person for the job. In employing anyone the trustees need to be able to...

8. INZ (Carley) v De'Ath [2018] NZIACDT 45 (13 November 2018) [pdf, 213 KB]

   ...it to Mr De’Ath, who would add it to the immigration form. Mr De’Ath could now see that a lot of the information he believed was being communicated via his templates was not sticking. Once a client and the New Zealand employer accepted the job offer, the recruitment process merged into an immigration process, around which there had not been a clear enough distinction. He concurred that only Manila staff were present when the forms were signed. [13] In the medium term, Mr De...

9. [2022] NZEmpC 76 NZQA v Hickey [pdf, 329 KB]

   ...the fixed term and the reason for it. (g) Appointment to a fixed term was permissible under the collective agreement. (h) Mr Hickey knew throughout that his employment was to end, evident in his requests for an extension and applying for other jobs. [46] The legitimacy of this fixed term agreement was said to be driven by the reality of funding from MFAT which defined its scope. On this analysis, it is immaterial that Mr Hickey was at the beginning of an inquiry into his behavio...

10. [2022] NZEmpC 174 Ashby v NIWA Vessel Management Ltd [pdf, 279 KB]

    ...letter also raised that the Master’s son had been employed to work as a cook with Ms Ashby. The letter from the lawyer advised that Ms Ashby did not want to cause issues for the company, or for the Master, and that she genuinely loved her job. She did, however, seek to change to the second swing shift, so that she did not have to work with the Master. [20] At that stage, Ms Ashby commenced sick leave, but she met with Mr Foothead and the Human Resources Manager to di...