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1. Justice Sector Fines & Remittals forecast 2014 to 2019 [pdf, 410 KB]

   ...will appear in or around June 2015. This timetable may be adjusted if there is a need to accommodate new legislative or operational initiatives. 3. Summary of environment The Legal and Operational Services Unit of the Ministry of Justice is responsible for the collection and enforcement of fines, including Court-imposed fines, lodged infringements and reparation. They also provide enforcement services for unpaid civil judgements/orders at a creditor's request. The Legal a...

2. [2007] NZEmpC CC 22/07 NZ Amalgamated Engineering Printing & Manufacturing Union v Air Nelson Ltd [pdf, 54 KB]

   ...carry out heavy maintenance work. [20] There were originally three aircraft maintenance issues that underlay the union’s allegations of breach. After hearing the evidence about one of these events involving a leaking refuelling valve, Mr Wilton responsibly abandoned any further reliance on the way in which this incident was dealt with by the company. We therefore only need to set out the factual background to the two other events. [21] Each type of commercial aircraft has a sche...

3. [2011] NZEmpC 129 Patel v Pegasus Stations Ltd [pdf, 95 KB]

   ...as she was about to depart on an overseas trip, the Court adjourned the matter to allow her to peruse the correspondence and respond by way of written submissions upon her return. Mr Patel was also given the opportunity to file submissions in response. Submissions [10] In her submissions dated 18 August 2011, Ms Davies accepted that the two incidents had been brought to the Authority’s attention during its investigation but she submitted: “the Authority chose not to broaden...

4. [2010] NZEmpC 165 EBIIWU v Shakes and Norske Skog Tasman Ltd [pdf, 148 KB]

   ...There followed further unproductive bargaining and strike action by union members beginning on about 25 August 2010. This has consisted of both complete cessations of work by day shift employees and partial withdrawals of labour by maintenance response team employees. [6] In October 2010 the union applied successfully for a further bargaining facilitation with the Authority. This has been undertaken and the Authority‟s recommendations are still awaited. Inquiries with the Aut...

5. [2011] NZEmpC 22 Bachu v Davie Motors Ltd [pdf, 86 KB]

   ...company. I also heard evidence from Mr Terry Perumal, who is the financial controller/administration manager for Davie Motors Ltd. Finally, I heard evidence from Mr Penten the chief executive officer. Mr Brewer who was effectively the person responsible for Mr Bachu, stated that at no stage did he receive any complaint from Mr Bachu as to the allegations he now makes. He stated that if he had received such a complaint he would have taken it seriously and dealt with it. Insofar...

6. [2010] NZEmpC 59 Wellington Free Ambulance Service v Adams [pdf, 46 KB]

   ...they work within a familiar and generally predictable team environment. The plaintiff currently has 36 EMD staff, some two short of its establishment. Fifteen work as dispatchers and the majority are call takers. There are four team managers responsible for shifts. Unsurprisingly, the centre operates following strict procedures and protocols with an emphasis on avoiding failures. [22] At the time of her dismissal Ms Adams had been an employee of WFAS for almost three years. S...

7. [2012] NZEmpC 91 Ball v Healthcare of NZ Ltd [pdf, 132 KB]

   ...steps taken to engage with Ms Ball, and advised that if she did not hear from Ms Ball by 30 January to arrange a time to meet, she would consider this to be misconduct. [5] The letter appears to have been couriered to Ms Ball’s address. No response was received. Ms O’Connor wrote to Ms Ball again on 5 February 2007 advising that she was proceeding to a formal investigation, as foreshadowed in her earlier letter. Ms Ball was invited to attend a meeting on 16 February 2007....

8. BORA Taxation Income Sharing Tax Credit Bill [pdf, 171 KB]

   ...children and sole parents. For the purposes of this report, sole parents include caregivers without a partner, widows and widowers with children but without a partner, separated parents who have not repartnered and sole parents who share childcare responsibilities with another person. 13. The ISTC results in a comparative financial disadvantage for sole parents of up to $9,080. In effect, the ISTC also stigmatises sole parents as less worthy of tax relief than couples and perpetuat...

9. [2008] NZEmpC AC 8B/08 Taylor Worldwide Publishers Ltd (In Liquidation) v von Tunzelman [pdf, 42 KB]

   ...Advertisers are solicited to pay for advertising space in the book which is then sold. The Best of the Best brand is owned by the Strand Family Trust. Previous editions of Best of the Best were published by Worldwide Annuals Limited. Mr Taylor was responsible for sales and marketing for Worldwide Publishers Limited. Mrs Taylor dealt with administration, day to day finances and human resource issues. She described it as a very small family business. [13] It is not disputed that M...

10. [2008] NZEmpC WC 9A/08 NZ Professional Firefighters Union $ Ors v NZ Fire Service Commission & Ors [pdf, 40 KB]

    ...that may justify a greater than usual award of costs. Otherwise, the Court should observe the principle that the purpose of an award of costs is to compensate the successful party, not to punish the unsuccessful party. In my view, this case was responsibly brought. It was neither plainly hopeless nor vexatious. I therefore do not accept Mr McBride’s submission that a greater award of costs should be made for this reason. No other reason to award a higher than normal rate was...