[2006] NZEmpC AC 58/06 McLean v Buy West Reality Ltd [pdf, 118 KB]
...2 [2001] 2 NZLR 604 3 [2005] 1 ERNZ 399 salesperson or other officer is deemed to be an independent contractor under s51A they must have expressly agreed to that status. [71] The effect of s51A is that the parties’ intentions and statements about their employment relationships as expressed in an agreement are determinative of the status of that relationship. This is in contrast to s6(3)(b) of the Employment Relations Act 2000 which states that the Court is not to tre...