Search Results

1. [2020] NZEmpC 227 Wills v Farmlands Co-Operative Society Ltd [pdf, 232 KB]

   ...counsel for defendant Judgment: 14 December 2020 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE K G SMITH [1] Susan Maree Wills was employed by Farmlands Co-Operative Society Ltd until she resigned with effect from 17 November 2017. Ms Wills began a new job, as a galley hand on a fishing vessel, in December 2017. [2] Believing that she might have a personal grievance against Farmlands for constructive dismissal Ms Wills sought advice from Pitt & Moore Lawyers on 25 January 2018...

2. COVID-19 Justice Sector Survey - Report 3 for the period 28 April to 4 May 2020 [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...especially while walking in their neighbourhood is much lower than in the pre-pandemic period.  People will feel safer if: o There is higher police presence o People follow the rules and stay at home o COVID-19 is eradicated o They have job security and financial security o There is more certainty about the future o A vaccine against COVID-19 is developed o They may stay at home with somebody close to them o They can return to a normal life Experiencing crime and repo...

3. The Intersecting Lines - Business interests and personal autonomy [pdf, 335 KB]

   ...interference was justified and proportionate. In McCann v Clydebank College12 the employer College instructed agents to secretly monitor one of its employees, Mr McCann, while he was off work on sick pay, on suspicion that he was carrying out other jobs while purportedly unfit to work. The agents, who monitored Mr McCann’s home and place of work, produced video evidence which confirmed the employer’s suspicion. Mr McCann complained that his subsequent dismissal was unfair....

4. [2022] NZEmpC 112 Shaw v Bay of Plenty District Health Board [pdf, 220 KB]

   ...vindication.9 [15] Turning to the costs claim as it relates to the Court proceeding, Mr Mitchell pointed to the significant effect of the dismissal on Ms Shaw. She lost a professional position and income which was replaced with a modestly paid job in retail work. I pause to note that this submission is accurate but does not tell the full story. Ms Shaw gave evidence that after the dismissal she eventually successfully applied for a position with a South Island-based DHB. She d...

5. [2025] NZEmpC 45 FAJ v GEK & HIL [pdf, 201 KB]

   ...fuel cards. The first respondent also had responsibility for dealing with clients and related administration (including ordering parts and arranging servicing). As part of this process, the first respondent was meant to fill out a “customer job sheet”, which would record what the customer wanted and what parts were needed. They were then to review the job sheet and convert it into a quote through the company’s Xero accounting software. The first respondent would then invoi...

6. [2025] NZIACDT 22 – ZZ v Wen (25 March 2025) [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...between Ms Wen’s then company (NZvisa.com Ltd) and the complainant was purportedly signed by the complainant. [7] The complainant arrived in New Zealand on 22 April 2023. He never met the sponsoring employer and did not know his name or the job on which the visa had been obtained. 1 ZZ v Wen [2025] NZIACDT 9. 3 Decision of the Tribunal [8] It was found by the Tribunal that Ms Wen: 1. Failed to obtain and carry out the informed instructions of the complainant by pro...

7. Bisschoff v Yerman [2015] NZIACDT 101 (11 December 2015) [pdf, 165 KB]

   ...the Bisschoffs that Mr Bisschoff’s occupation was not on the list of qualifications that allow migration to New Zealand, so Ms Bischoff should be the principal applicant. [1.3] Ms Yerman could not submit the application until Ms Bischoff had a job offer in New Zealand. The Bisschoffs travelled to New Zealand, and Ms Bischoff sought work. Mr Bisschoff could not get a visa allowing him to work unless he was the principal applicant, or in reliance on Ms Bischoff being the principal applic...

8. Keven Investments Limited v Arthur [2011] NZWHT Auckland 45 [pdf, 135 KB]

   ...4 (2006) 6 NZCPR 536. Page | 8 [17] In Mowlem v Young5 Robertson J concluded that Mr Young, a professional man building a house who got appropriate workman to do the physical jobs was not a contractor of developer. To make him such would in the Robertson J’s opinion, “miss the import of the distinction which the Court of Appeal was drawing in Mt Albert Borough Council”.6 This conclusion was reached even t

9. [2015] NZEmpC 128 Severinsen & Anor v AFFCO NZ Ltd [pdf, 109 KB]

   ...discretion of the company and dependant on the company’s operational requirements. Employees may be transferred from department to department to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of the work and shall be paid the rate applicable to the job. Except if an employee is temporarily transferred from his/her department to another department at the request of the company and his/her department of origin continues to operate as normal then the employee will be paid at t...

10. HortNZ - E Weaver - SoE - Leaning Rock Cherries - 15 April 2021 [pdf, 24 KB]

    ...of growing systems and allow us to use water for irrigation and frost fighting. If we cannot then we will not be able to maintain export or New Zealand grade quality crops, and this will result in a significant loss of profits and ultimately job losses. We would be forced to cease operation and sell up. 7. I am concerned that PC7 will not enable us to take the amount of water that we need, when we need it, to be able to sustainably operate our horticulture business. This would...