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1. 26.-Evidence-of-Ms-Jo-Healy-Social-Impacts.PDF [PDF, 352 KB]

   ...provides for the above recommendations and will assist in mitigating potential social impacts during the construction phase. 69. During operation the main change is the environment (rural to state highway) and although this may be within the permitted level, the residents are still likely to experience a change. This may be positive for the residents situated closer to SH57 (as they will experience less traffic noise) but may be negative for those dwellings located near the rural...

2. [2015] NZEmpC 176 Lean Meats Oamaru Ltd v NZ Meat Workers & Related Trades Union Inc [pdf, 222 KB]

   ...alternative options for the payment of rest breaks. [67] Parliament deliberately contemplated the possibility of additional or enhanced breaks being agreed. Thus in s 69ZG(1), the possibility of superior entitlements being agreed is permitted; and in s 69ZH, if superior entitlements arise under another enactment, then the other enactment may prevail. By contrast, the possibility of payment for rest breaks being paid at a rate which was less than the employee’s normal...

3. Burrows & Anor v CAC20002 & Ors [2015] NZREADT 17 [pdf, 248 KB]

   ...sensible course of such legal work. [72] We also agree with the Committee that the attendance of tradespeople with the purchaser (under the said access clause in the contract), to consider the state of the property and take measurements, was a permitted procedure. 14 [73] Frankly, it seems to us that those two issues are really only raised by the complainants as add-ons to their main concern that, as the vendors of the property, they required and considered that there was...

4. Juror Satisfaction Survey: 2021 Report [pdf, 819 KB]

   ...rating of 52.8%. Juror Comments Regarding Parking “Parking allowance or scrap parking tickets through council” – Rotorua DC “No information was given for parking and I struggled to find a park” – Gisborne DC “Park permit was fantasic” – Nelson DC Juror Comments Regarding Waiting Areas and Jury Rooms “Jury room and assembly room were comfortable” – Auckland DC “Jury room was very small and cramped” – Napier DC “We were made to s...

5. LCRO 50/2020 M and N PQ v WR (23 April 2021) [pdf, 276 KB]

   ...Background [2] Mr and Mrs PQ were the directors and shareholders in a company [Company A]. [3] The company owned land in [district]. [4] In 2008, resource consent was obtained to subdivide the land into four allotments. Each of the allotments was permitted to accommodate a residential building, provided that each allotment retained three hectares of land for horticultural development. 2 [5] A horticultural consultant, Mr SF, was engaged to provide advice on a proposal to...

6. [2020] NZEmpC 174 Greetham v Lawter (NZ) Ltd [pdf, 384 KB]

   ...performance concerns were raised again. Mr Greetham claimed they were historic while Mr Yates maintained they were ongoing issues. Mr Greetham’s recollection of the concerns raised were that they covered the following issues: (a) air consent; (b) Permit to Work training; (c) systems maintenance; (d) an insurance error; and (e) the Hazardous Substance Location Compliance Test certificate. Mr Greetham believes he responded satisfactorily to each of these concerns. Mr Yates...

7. [2017] EmpC 153 Lorigan v Infinity Automotive Ltd [pdf, 479 KB]

   ...these documents relate to various aspects of Mr Brady’s employment. The gist of the requests is for documents supporting the proposition that Mr Brady had been given certain guarantees of employment so as to support his application for a work permit. Infinity says either that it does not have certain of the documents in its possession, custody or control, and/or that they are not relevant. However, it is now confirmed in Mr Leathley’s affidavit of documents that...

8. [2007] NZEmpC AC 26/07 Eastern Equities Corp Ltd t/a Farmers Transport Ltd v Bright [pdf, 107 KB]

   ...involving the general manager endeavouring to achieve improvements in the way that the manager of his Gisborne branch managed that branch. In dealing with a manager of Mr Bright’s seniority, some flexibility and latitude in the process may be permitted. However, if an employer adopts a less formal approach to appraisal in this way and dismissal later comes to be considered, an employer will not be regarded as having acted justifiably unless the employer has first given the emplo...

9. Heta v Ministry of Social Development [2013] NZHRRT 8 [pdf, 117 KB]

   ...her case before the Tribunal she has demonstrated a robust, practical and down to earth attitude to life. She has shown herself to be well practised in dealing with officialdom, a keen appreciator of her rights and an adept user of processes which permit her to challenge official decisions. The contention that she experienced significant humiliation, significant loss of dignity or significant injury to feelings because the Ministry did not first ask her to provide information and docum...

10. Taylor Fry feasibility report on long-term investment approach [pdf, 2 MB]

    ...valuation date. 5.7.4 Level 3: A framework for understanding return on investment Disciplined innovation Investments that aim to reduce future harm form the core of the approach. Such initiatives should be implemented in a controlled way that permits measurement of effectiveness and cost-benefit comparison. A detailed monitoring framework permits appropriate targeting of investments, plus the measurement of long term harm reduction for each intervention. The justice sector’s...