[2012] NZEmpC 192 Sayers v S B McPherson Holdings Ltd [pdf, 71 KB]
...report the accident to his employer, the respondent. In essence, he alleged that he understood the respondent’s policy was that he did not need to report minor accidents and that he had discretion as to what should or should not be reported. He claimed to have formed this view based on what he said was ‘common knowledge’ and on certain instructions that had been given to him by his predecessor, Mr Graham Rubick. [8] After an investigation, Mr Sayers was informed on 17 Novem...