: | Pavlova Post | Nigel | Disclaimer:Pavlova Post is a satirical news publication. The events, quotes, organisations, and individuals described in this article are fictionalised for humour and commentary. Any resemblance to real persons or actual events beyond the referenced news story is coincidental. The roster is just spiritually aggressive…
: | RNZ | The Employment Court has ruled the Labour Inspector must release advice it received from Crown Law about the employment status of people at Gloriavale. The leaders of the community were appealing a decision which found members were employees, rather than community volunteers. The Gloriavale defendants said the…
: | Lane Neave | The Gloriavale situation is a great example of how wrongly categorising your employees, or failing to pay minimum entitlements correctly, could potentially be financially disastrous. In late October, the Court of Appeal heard an appeal against a 2023 Employment Court judgment that six former residents of…
: | The Press | Joanne Naish | Former Gloriavale leavers can now seek compensation after the Employment Court found Gloriavale’s overseeing shepherd was their employer when they worked in the community. Hosea Courage, Daniel Pilgrim and Levi Courage successfully proved in the Employment Court in May 2022 that they were employees when…
: | RNZ | Anna Sargent | Gloriavale’s Overseeing Shepherd was the employer of three men who worked long hours from the age of six at the West Coast Christian community, the Employment Court has found. Hosea Courage, Daniel Pilgrim and Levi Courage were found to have been Gloriavale employees, rather than…
: | The Press | Joanne Naish | A group of former Gloriavale women have lost a Supreme Court bid to appeal their former leaders’ fight against a ruling that they were employees when they worked in the community. The Appeal Court granted the leaders leave to appeal the Employment Court…
: | The Post | Senthil Nathan | OPINION: It took thousands of years for humans to evolve into civilised societies. The West only abolished slavery a few hundred years ago. In every case it took not just good will, passionate advocacy and even war. It took the law to make the…
: RedPR At 9.30am today Thursday July 25, a number of issues are back before the Employment Court in Christchurch. This hearing is set down for two days. Matters will be heard in Courtroom 13 on Level 2 in the Justice and Emergency Precinct, 20 Lichfield St. #1 On May 10,…
: Commentary on recent employment law decisions relating to the Gloriavale Christian Community is included in the latest updating of Employment Law (online ed, Thomson Reuters) on Westlaw New Zealand. Temple v Pilgrim (CA) In Temple v Pilgrim [2023] NZCA 631, an application for leave to appeal from an Employment Court decision that six female “Teams”…
: | Access Media NZ | Angela Solomons | Angela Solomons from Taranaki Community Law discusses the recent employment court decision declaring that three former members of Gloriavale were employees from the age of 6 years. As Education Co-ordinator with Taranaki Community Law, Angela is passionate about justice, and about real…
