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1. [2013] NZEmpC 81 Brake v Grace Team Accounting Ltd [pdf, 191 KB]

   ...viewing discretionary costs, improving the efficiency of administration work and arranging a meeting with the bank manager to outline the problems and to seek support by way of additional facilities. He decided that he needed to get legal and human resources advice should redundancies be needed as he had not ever made any staff redundant in the past. He sent an email to Wendy Macphail of Employment Law Services on the morning of Saturday 10 April 2010 in which he stated: I have...

2. [2017] NZEnvC 116 The Architectural Centre v Wellington City Council [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...and life of the district, region or nation. (b) physical values: these values relate to the physical evidence present. (i) archaeological: there is potential for archaeological investigation to contribute new or important information about the human history of the district, region or nation. (ii) architectural: the place is notable for its style, design, form, scale, materials, ornamentation, period, craftsmanship or other architectural values. (iii) technological: the place provi...

3. Justice Matters July 2019 [pdf, 3.5 MB]

   ...the team came after our Ministry started using behavioural insights to improve the way we deliver our services. The team will have 11 members and has funding for the next two and a half years. Behavioural insights play a key role in delivering a humane and effective justice system. Almost everything that happens within the justice sector is behaviour related, from arranging for people to pay their fines to crime prevention strategy. “If you understand what motivates people’s behavi...

4. Hodgson v Accident Compensation Corporation (Work-Related Personal Injury) [2024] NZACC 40 [pdf, 326 KB]

   ...and tenderness, consistent with a soft tissue (injury) occurring; [58] Mr Vugler refers to s 25 of the Accident Compensation Act defining accident as involving, amongst other things, the application of force of force or resistance external to the human body, or the sudden movement of the body to avoid a force or resistance external to the body. [59] He notes that s 26 defines personal injury as including a strain or sprain. [60] Mr Vugler refers to the decision in Waghorn v ACC1 whe...

5. [2022] NZEmpC 171 Alkazaz v Deloitte (No. 3) Ltd [pdf, 356 KB]

   ...an agreement was to go through a redundancy process. Whether that process would have been justified or not is moot. He chose an agreed exit. [53] I have had the benefit of seeing the internal email exchanges between Mr Glover and the human resources department which were generated as a result of Mr AlKazaz’s lawyer’s discussions with them and/or DeloitteAsparona’s lawyer. It was apparent that Mr AlKazaz’s lawyer raised a number of the concerns that Mr AlKazaz no...

6. Criminal Procedure Act 2011: caseload performance for first 12 months [pdf, 672 KB]

   ...Category 3 offences 22 Category 4 offences 23 Overview The Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (CPA) came fully into force on 1 July 2013. The CPA is designed to make the criminal court system more efficient while protecting people’s fundamental human rights by:  Reforming and modernising court processes, for example, the streamlined category framework for criminal cases that more closely matches seriousness of offence (category 1, 2, 3 and 4 offences).  Enabling a move a...

7. [2011] NZEmpC 125 Angus v Ports of Auckland Limited [pdf, 160 KB]

   ...given and in reliance upon which the order for interim reinstatement is made. [78] This order will also allow an opportunity to POAL to address any issues about its Tuvaluan workforce with the assistance, if appropriate, of a body such as the Human Rights Commission. It will also allow Mr Angus to address the issues of workplace stress, and to reflect upon these events and how he will relate to his supervisors and colleagues in less pressured circumstances than he has to date. [7...

8. Wakelin and Anor as Trustees for the Get In & Walk Trust v Taupo Texture Coatings Limited [2011] NZWHT Auckland 43 [pdf, 206 KB]

   ...with a guarantee set out in section 29 or section 30 only because of— (a) an act or default or omission of, or any representation made by, any person other than the supplier or a servant or agent of the supplier; or (b) a cause independent of human control. [69] There is relatively little jurisprudence on the interpretation and application of section 29. I have relied upon a number of academic journal articles to distill the following principles:3 a) Section 29 imposes s...

9. [2007] NZEmpC WC 34/07 Crook v Sovereign Services Ltd [pdf, 76 KB]

   ...must take account of the current state of knowledge and not be made with the benefit of hindsight. Relevant to this assessment is the size and resources of the employer. As Miss Buckett submitted, Sovereign is a large commercial business with a human resources department and is in the business of providing risk assessment to others. 4 Sections 7-10 Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 5 Gilbert at para [83] [14] T...

10. [2014] NZEmpC 92 H v A Limited [pdf, 263 KB]

    ...than bullying, the medical condition applies as much to teasing as it does to bullying, the latter being a subset of the former [85] Mr Harrison has also drawn to our attention the desirability, if not the need, to take into account international human rights instruments when the interests of children may be affected by publication of accounts of proceedings. The leading convention is the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (“UNCROC”). 66 Several of the UNCR...