: | 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…
: | The Press | Joanne Naish | Two groups of former Gloriavale employees have failed in a bid to have their $5.2 million claim for compensation and lost earnings heard by the Employment Court. The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) has decided it will hear the matter instead. However, they are…
: By Jean Edwards | RNZ | A group of nine former Gloriavale members found to have been employees have lodged an Employment Relations Authority claim against the Christian community for lost wages and compensation believed to total $5.2 million. Supporters of the six women and three men are calling for…
: Alison Maelzer and Kirby Kleingeld | HRD NZ | Intention of parties not determinative of relationship, says court The employment status of a worker is a concept that has long been contested and is challenging to determine for many, especially with flexible working arrangements and the so-called ‘gig economy’. An…
