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1. [2018] NZEmpC 31 Ahuja and ors v Labour Inspector MBIE [pdf, 311 KB]

   ...Employment Relations Authority (the Authority) dated 23 December 2016.1 That determination was in respect of a collateral issue which had arisen in the substantive proceedings between the parties. The substantive proceedings involved claims for minimum wage and holiday pay entitlements by ex-employees of the companies now in liquidation, named as second and third plaintiffs. Those proceedings had been commenced in the Authority by the Labour Inspector who is now defendan...

2. [2015] NZEmpC 232 Bidvest New Zealand Limited v FIRST Union Inc reasons for interlocutory [pdf, 132 KB]

   BIDVEST NEW ZEALAND LIMITED v FIRST UNION INC NZEmpC AUCKLAND [2015] NZEmpC 232 [20 December 2015] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND [2015] NZEmpC 232 EMPC 383/2015 IN THE MATTER OF of an application for injunction and declaration AND IN THE MATTER of an application for interim injunction BETWEEN BIDVEST NEW ZEALAND LIMITED Plaintiff AND FIRST UNION INC Defendant Hearing: 20 December 2015 (by telephone conference call)...

3. [2012] NZEmpC 190 ABC01 Ltd (formerly Primary Heart Care Ltd) v Dell [pdf, 87 KB]

   ABC01 LIMITED (FORMERLY PRIMARY HEART CARE LIMITED) V HOWARD DELL NZEmpC AK [2012] NZEmpC 190 [6 November 2012] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND [2012] NZEmpC 190 ARC 62/12 IN THE MATTER OF an application for leave to file challenge out of time BETWEEN ABC01 LIMITED (FORMERLY PRIMARY HEART CARE LIMITED) Plaintiff AND HOWARD DELL Defendant ARC 65/12 IN THE MATTER OF an application for compliance order BETWEEN HOWARD DELL Plainti...

4. [2025] NZIACDT 18 – YI v Liu (27 February 2025) [pdf, 215 KB]

   ...was approached by an unlicensed agent on 3 March 2023 to seek work visas for the complainant and others. He was informed that employment had already been arranged. Mr Liu dealt exclusively with the agent and his unlicensed associate. A visa application was made to Immigration New Zealand (Immigration NZ) by Mr Liu on 10 March 2023. It was based on employment of the complainant as a construction labourer for a named property company working on recovery work following extreme weat...

5. [2025] NZIACDT 19 – DH v Liu (28 February 2025) [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...was approached by an unlicensed agent on 3 March 2023 to seek work visas for the complainant and others. He was informed that employment had already been arranged. Mr Liu dealt exclusively with the agent and his unlicensed associate. A visa application was made to Immigration New Zealand (Immigration NZ) by Mr Liu on 31 March 2023. It was based on employment of the complainant as a construction labourer for a named property company working on recovery work following extreme weat...

6. [2025] NZIACDT 17 – IX v Liu (26 February 2025) [pdf, 215 KB]

   ...was approached by an unlicensed agent on 3 March 2023 to seek work visas for the complainant and others. He was informed that employment had already been arranged. Mr Liu dealt exclusively with the agent and his unlicensed associate. A visa application was made to Immigration New Zealand (Immigration NZ) by Mr Liu on 6 March 2023. It was based on employment of the complainant as a construction labourer for a named property company working on recovery work following extreme weath...

7. [2021] NZEnvC 098 Maungaharuru-Tangitu Trust v Hastings District Council [pdf, 4 MB]

   ...permitted, controlled or even restricted discretionary activities. What is now being put forward in terms of both permitted and restricted discretionary status would be significantly less burdensome for any farming operation, in the sense that an application for a restricted discretionary activity can be squarely focussed on the issues to which the decision­ maker's discretion is solely confined. The questions of course are still whether what is proposed conforms with and gives...

8. [2010] NZEmpC 112 Pacific Blue Employment & Crewing Ltd v B [pdf, 34 KB]

   ...fly passenger aircraft operated by Pacific Blue. On 25 May 2010 he was summarily dismissed for misconduct. [2] The defendant is pursuing a personal grievance that his dismissal was unjustifiable and is seeking permanent reinstatement. That claim is now before the Employment Relations Authority. The defendant also sought interim reinstatement which the Authority granted in a determination dated 26 July 2010.1 Interim reinstatement was granted in the form of “garden leave” m...

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

   ...say that notions of privacy have failed to generate much traction in the employment sphere. The early signs were not encouraging, with the Employment Court casting doubt on whether a breach of privacy by an employer could be used to support a claim of unjustified action. That might, it was said, amount to an objectionable collateral use of the principles contained within the Privacy Act 1993, which the employment institutions had no jurisdiction to enforce.4

10. CAC 10054 v Subritzky [2012] NZREADT 20 [pdf, 122 KB]

    ...“73 Misconduct For the purposes of this Act, a licensee is guilty of misconduct if the licensee’s conduct – (a) Would reasonably be regarded by agents of good standing, or reasonable members of the public, as disgraceful;” [3] The formal charge set out particulars of the alleged misconduct of the defendant as follows: 2 “Particulars : On 18 December 2009 [and on 2 August 2010], at 45G Cavendish Drive, Manukau, or thereabouts, the defendant behaved in a v