[2020] NZEmpC 73 Waste Management NZ Ltd v Jones [pdf, 361 KB]
...to her about it, referring to both whole and part day absences. [31] Absenteeism was raised again just over a year later. In September 2012, Mr Boyd wrote to Ms Jones and proposed a meeting to discuss it. His letter prompted a response from Ms Jones’ employment advocate, Mr Thompson, whose reply disputed that her absences were excessive. The company was challenged to establish that she had acted wilfully to affect or undermine the employment relationship....