: | RNZ | Bill Hickman | People born into the Gloriavale community are trapped into a working structure resembling “a sweatshop”, lawyers for former members say. But counsel for the Christian community told the Court of Appeal this week that members did not expect to be paid, and were supported…
: | Law News | Neil Sands | The Gloriavale religious community is an industrial-scale “sweatshop”, designed to exploit the cheap labour and welfare payments of its members, the Court of Appeal has been told. The court is hearing an appeal against a 2023 Employment Court ruling that six former Gloriavale…
: | Law News | Neil Sands | Members of the Gloriavale religious community were attempting to recreate the lifestyle of early Christians and did not expect payment for communal work. This meant they were not employees, the Court of Appeal was told on Tuesday. The court is hearing an appeal…
: | RNZ | Jean Edwards | Gloriavale’s Overseeing Shepherd has been ordered to pay six former members who were found to have been Christian community employees more than $274,000 in legal costs. In July 2023, the Employment Court’s chief judge found the women worked extremely hard under punishing conditions for years preparing…
: | The Post | Wellington Court Reporter | Former Gloriavale members have begun refining their claim of “slavery“ as it heads towards a hearing of allegations that the Crown failed to protect them at the closed community. Four people ‒ Anna Courage, Pearl Valor, Gideon Benjamin and Hosea Courage ‒…
: | 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…
: 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,…
: | 1News Reporters | The religious sect Gloriavale has won leave to appeal a key Employment Court decision over whether it needs to pay its followers. The commune has long argued its members are volunteers. But last year, it lost a case brought by six women, a judge finding they…
: | The Press | Joanne Naish | A Gloriavale leaver is calling for an end to “slavery” in the community with a challenge to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. Pearl Valor was one of six women who successfully argued in the Employment Court that they were employees when they worked in the West…
: | The Press | Joanne Naish | Gloriavale leaders have been granted leave to appeal an Employment Court case that ruled a group of women were employees when they worked in the community. The leaders – Howard Temple, Stephen Steadfast, Samuel Valor, Faithful Pilgrim and Noah Hopeful – went to the Appeal…
