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1. [2018] NZEmpC 151 Ovation New Zealand Ltd v The New Zealand Meat Workers and Related Trades Union Inc [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...breaks was to benefit employees by providing for a better work-life balance.10 Parliament’s intention was to provide for the wellbeing of employees by requiring them to take specified rest and meal breaks during work periods.11 Parties are not permitted to contract out of the entitlement.12 [17] Employees may not benefit if employers have an unrestricted choice of what rate they will pay for rest breaks. If employers pay employees less than the amount they would otherwise be pa...

2. [2022] NZEnvC 91 Otago Regional Council - Chapter 7 (Landfills) [pdf, 600 KB]

   ...Retain Appendix 2 as notified. Accept FS103 Otago Fish & Game Council and Central South Island Fish & Game Council Support Accept Rule 7.6.10 10019 10019.06 Dunedin City Council Support Delete Rule 7.6.10 Green waste landfills (permitted activity). Reject Rule 7.6.11 10019 10019.07 Dunedin City Council Support Delete Rule 7.6.11 Green waste landfills (discretionary activity). Reject Whole Plan Change 10019 10019.08 Dunedin City Council Support Amend to support wider...

3. RIS-Timing-and-Frequency-of-the-Maori-Electoral-Option.pdf [pdf, 303 KB]

   ...the same roll choice for any by-election and boundary review as they made in the General Election. They would also keep it for any local elections that fall before the next general election. 42. Under this option, changing roll types would be permitted up to and including on polling day. The Electoral Commission considers it is operationally feasible to allow Māori voters to change rolls in the advance voting period and on polling day for general elections. People who change rol...

4. Regulatory Impact Statement all-of-Government Response to Organised Crime [pdf, 331 KB]

   ...apply for an interim order as an unnecessary preliminary step (resulting in an increase in Crown costs and court time associated with the request). Options Option 1: status quo 65. This means that only interim foreign restraining orders would be permitted to be registered without notice. 66. This option is not preferred because it results in inefficient processes and increased costs, court time and delay associated with applying for unnecessary interim foreign restraining orders...

5. [2020] NZSSAA 2 (11 February 2020) [pdf, 217 KB]

   ...paid as they are income tested, and this income was not taken into account when the benefits were paid. [10] The information before us, which does not allow a complete reconciliation back to the bank statements the Ministry relied on, does not permit verification of the Ministry’s calculations. There is also an inherent uncertainty in that the Ministry presented figures it said were from “the appellant’s bank statements” that allowed the Ministry “to calculate the rent rec...

6. [2016] NZEmpC 36 Western Bay of Plenty DHB v McInnes [pdf, 155 KB]

   ...dispute and cannot be resolved, the key points emerge with a sufficient degree of clarity. Mr McInnes got out of his vehicle and approached the group. He shone a torch at them whilst standing some five metres away. He told them that they were not permitted to drink alcohol. That was incorrect. There is no prohibition on drinking alcohol in the park. Mr McInnes told the group that approval to drink alcohol was necessary. That is incorrect. No approval is required. Mr McInnes...

7. LCRO 53/2020 YJ v GK (22 April 2021) [pdf, 280 KB]

   ...disseminated to any other persons and that publication of any matter may only be made by way of an order pursuant to s 206A of the Act. [71] When asked, Mr YJ confirmed that he was recording the hearing. He was advised that no recordings were permitted and complied with a request to deactivate the recording device. [72] Mr YJ was accompanied by Mr TH. No prior notice of Mr TH’s attendance had been provided, nor had his role been advised in advance of the hearing. [73]...

8. OIA-107110_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...otherwise. 3. Any other legal opinion, legal bases, or official positions taken, relevant to the procurement for Te Au Reka, that pertain to jurisdictional risk or data sovereignty. 4. Whether the procurement process for Te Au Reka will - or will not - permit the storage of sensitive courts data in foreign-owned hosting providers, thereby exposing it to jurisdictional risk? On 29 August 2023, under section 14 of the Act, the Minister’s office transferred your request to the Ministry of Ju...

9. [2015] NZEmpC 43 Harris v TSNZ Pulp and Paper Maintenance Ltd [pdf, 336 KB]

   ...accepted that he did advise those employees that the defendant was trying to obtain payroll information from ABB but that, at the time, it had not done so. That was because, he said in evidence, the employees had refused to sign release forms permitting the disclosure of information to the defendant. This aspect of Mr Webster’s advice is, if not immaterial to decision of this question, then at least of much less importance than what he said about change. [52] As to Mr Butler�€...

10. [2020] NZEmpC 43 A Labour Inspector v Matangi Berry Farm Ltd [pdf, 423 KB]

    ...Skykiwi websites. 8 Between 1 November 2015 and 31 October 2017 the first defendant employed a total of 207 seasonal workers (“workers”) most of whom held work visas under the Working Holiday Scheme, while a few had a different type of visa permitting them to work in New Zealand. 9 The first defendant did not provide the seasonal workers with written employment agreements. 10 Instead, before the seasonal workers commenced employment, the first defendant completed and sign...