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1. [2023] NZEmpC 144 Cronin-Lampe v The Board of Trustees of Melville High School [pdf, 847 KB]

   ...personal grievances Contractual causes of action [18] [19] [29] [36] Issues [43] The scope of the hearing [44] Summary of issues addressed in this judgment [45] Credibility [49] Terms and conditions of employment Core arrangements Job descriptions Collective employment contracts/agreements, and relevant statutory instruments Relevant policies The School Guidance Counsellor document [55] [61] [77] [81] [85] Key events Background context 1997...

2. [2015] NZEmpC 89 Ngawharau v The Porirua Whanau Centre Trust [pdf, 251 KB]

   ...One of the witnesses also spoke of him having a daughter but her age was not stated. [5] I described Mr Ngawharau above as a "vulnerable worker". Although he may have done so, there was no evidence that he had ever had a regular job before he acquired his employment with the Trust in 2012. At the time he was taken on by the Trust he was in his second year of study for a degree in Social Work at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in biculturalism and social development. He ackno...

3. Drozdzak v Accident Compensation Corporation (Work related gradual process) [2023] NZACC 157 [pdf, 442 KB]

   ...satisfies s 30(2)(b)(i) of the Act, namely - the particular property or characteristic caused or contributed to the cause of the personal injury. Background [3] Mr Drozdzak has worked for New Zealand Aluminium Smelters since 2002. Since 2003, his job tasks have included driving a 12 tonne Hyster forklift. [4] Between 14 January 2015 and 23 September 2015 Mr Drozdzak consulted the NZ Aluminium Smelters Occupational Health Physiotherapist Jo Wilson on eight occasions for treatme...

4. HLL Ltd v RO [2018] NZDT 1133 (6 July 2018) [pdf, 88 KB]

   ...did not go ahead. The total contract price for the re-roofing on its own was $35,145.00. [2] The work was completed in June 2010. The Trust has made payments of $18,312.50. However, the parties have been in dispute since that time about the job, and the balance of $16,832.50 remains outstanding. [3] The dispute has an unusually protracted history. Not long after the roofing work was completed, OL Trust filed a claim seeking compensation of $15,000.00 for poor workmanship and d...

5. [2021] NZACC 44 - Waite v ACC (17 March 2021) [pdf, 261 KB]

   ...the key factors that made these work types suitable appear to be that there were opportunities for change of position from sitting, standing and walking and that lifting and carrying movements were not typically significant components of the jobs. [50] On 24 February 2015, ACC requested a transport assessor Mike Gaffney to conduct an assessment of Mr Waite’s ability to do the sales representative (building and plumbing supplies) safely when he was required to drive. [51]...

6. 2023 NZPSPLA 068 [pdf, 104 KB]

   ...counsel for Mr Mehmood S Singh – Interpreter DECISION [1] Police have applied to cancel Sajid Mehmood’s security certificate as he has been convicted of indecent assault. Mr Mehmood wants to keep his certificate so that he can get a job as a security guard. Mr Mehmood says there is no risk to the public if he is allowed to work in security as his offending was at the lower end and did not involve violence. He says private security is now the only job open to him. [2] Mr...

7. 2025 NZPSPLA 028.pdf [pdf, 85 KB]

   ...is no longer suitable to be a certificate holder. Police advise that on 15 December 2024 Mr Allan visited the club where he worked as a security guard and got into an argument with an employee and threatened him. As a result, Mr Allan has lost his job and been served with a trespass notice. [2] Mr Allan advises he went into his workplace to check on his roster for the coming week after being out with friends. He understood his days had been increased but found out that rather than in...

8. [2022] NZIACDT 27 - ZK v Li (8 November 2022) [pdf, 212 KB]

   ...team leader in the travel industry. [4] Mr Li is a director of Ursacorp Consulting (Ursacorp), of Auckland. The consultancy employs the unlicensed Ms X. [5] In April 2018, the complainant approached Mr Li seeking advice as to whether her job could be considered skilled employment for residence purposes. They met on 1 May 2018.1 The complainant explained how her income was calculated and described it as “guaranteed”.2 Mr Li recorded in his file notes that the employer’s...

9. [2015] NZEmpC 214 Goel v Director-General for Primary Industries [pdf, 135 KB]

   ...in the private sector dealing with a number of large organisations. However, he became "disillusioned" working in the private sector and his goal was to become a public servant because, as he explained it to the Court, public sector jobs appealed to him on an ethical level. [8] In 2010 Mr Goel graduated from Massey University in Wellington in Business Studies with grades for which he was listed in the Dean's list of top performing students. He worked as a part-ti...

10. [2021] NZEmpC 183 Stenhouse v Towman Towing Group Ltd [pdf, 303 KB]

    ...agreement. [17] In that agreement Ms Stenhouse’s position was described as “Office Admin”. What that meant was fleshed out in an attached schedule. The work required was general office duties described as answering phones, dispatching jobs, taking photographs for insurance purposes, invoicing jobs, pricing, dealing with the public, allocating jobs to drivers and general housekeeping. [18] At some point additions were made to the agreement providing more information a...