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1. [2010] NZEmpC 140 Weston v Advkit Para Legal Services Ltd [pdf, 49 KB]

   ...transmission on behalf of a client in the office. She went to the facsimile machine and attempted to send a facsimile but the transmission failed. She tried a second time. At this point Kirk burst into the room shouting that he was doing a job interview over the telephone and that it was being ruined because of her interference. She responded that it was a business line and she had a right to send a facsimile and that was all she was doing. She claimed that she had no idea tha...

2. [2021] NZEmpC 59 Humphrey v Canterbury District Health Board [pdf, 242 KB]

   ...and a judgment has issued, several more months will likely have passed. Experience suggests that as the passage of time grows the likelihood of successful reintegration fades and with it, the strength of the case for permanent reinstatement. Jobs are important and money is often a poor substitute. I see the 2018 amendment as reinforcing this point.11 In this regard the Act has both an educative and regulatory function, which the Court recognises when dealing with applications fo...

3. [2020] NZEmpC 110 Cowan v Kidd [pdf, 327 KB]

   ...evidence for Mr Cowan, and who worked on the rest home development, described Mr Cowan as a “dogsbody”, overseeing general works as well as doing labouring. Other witnesses, including Mr Kidd, described Mr Cowan as helping out or doing odd jobs. He was directed by Kidd Partnership personnel and working as part of its business on the construction work; when he carried out that work, he was an employee. [37] Other activities were not required by Kidd Partnership or anybody els...

4. [2021] NZEmpC 155 Best Health Foods Ltd v Berea [pdf, 290 KB]

   ...she was unable to properly carry out the tasks she was asked to perform over the first few days of her employment. [35] I am satisfied from Ms Berea’s evidence that approximately six months before she was interviewed, she decided to quit her job and take an extended holiday with her family in Romania. No adverse inference is to be drawn from this. Before doing so, she had worked in a variety of middle management roles in New Zealand, Romania, the United States of America and on...

5. LCRO 88/2023 VG v FB and SS (30 July 2024) [pdf, 186 KB]

   ...March 2022, decided to terminate his employment with the firm, does not conclusively establish the position argued for by Mr VG that Mr FB must have known, when taking instructions to file a notice of defence, that he would not be around to finish the job. [79] There could be many explanations as to why a decision had been made by Mr FB around 21 March to resign when that option did not present to him as a possibility as at 10 March 2022. It is speculative to suggest possible options bu...

6. 2025 NZPSPLA 013.pdf [pdf, 80 KB]

   ...of the Act. It is therefore a mandatory ground for cancelling Mr Hillman’s security certificate unless he successfully applies for waiver of the grounds for disqualification. In addition, Police advise Mr Hillman was dismissed from his security job last year for using his employer’s fuel card for personal use without permission. [2] Mr Hillman has not applied for waiver of the grounds for disqualification. In addition, he neither attended the hearing nor provided any other response...

7. CAC 10007 v Wallace - Penalty Decision [2012] NZREADT 70 [pdf, 40 KB]

   ...keen to help us and show us their country. She arrived and has single headedly tarnished for ever our feelings about NZ, and its business community, and ethical standpoint. We travel the world a lot and meet lots of people in the course of my job, who ask me about my favourite place in the world where I would like to live. I struggle not to let her actions affect my answer. The majority of the remainder of the people we have met in New Zealand have been friendly and professional,...

8. [2014] NZEmpC 234 Mega Wreckers Ltd v Taafuli [pdf, 59 KB]

   ...award of $6,000 on account of hurt and humiliation. The hearing proceeded on that basis. The background [5] Mr Taafuli, who had previously worked for a courier firm, commenced employment with Mega Wreckers on Tuesday, 26 February 2013. 4 His job involved driving tow trucks and collecting vehicles that Mega Wreckers had arranged to purchase. He did not have a written employment agreement but he was told that he would be paid $14 per hour. Mr Taafuli was given $1,000 in cash ev...

9. Tukutau v Tangilanu [2014] NZIACDT 103 (01 October 2014) [pdf, 187 KB]

   ...Tangilanu’s assistance to get a work visa. [2.2] The complaint was that while Ms Tangilanu had a written agreement, it did not set out the services she was to provide. Furthermore, she lodged the complainant’s request for a visa relying on a job offer that was obviously unsatisfactory. [2.3] The Tribunal upheld the complaint; it found that the agreement was not compliant and that the adviser was incompetent in submitting the application based on the job offer. [3] The Tribunal uph...

10. CU v XG [2015] NZDT 782 (28 May 2015) [pdf, 106 KB]

    ...she would probably not have lodged a complaint against XG. It was this information that caused the greatest stress, given the risk to her investment during a period of earthquakes and the unexpected financial burden from the urgency to get the job done. The failure of the piles was one loss, but the failure of the property to be fully insurable as a result was another. Whilst in the end no actual loss was suffered from the inability to fully insure the property until the piles we...