Gloriavale

The spotlight is turning to other cases at Gloriavale which could be described as forced labour. The Employment Court has ruled three ex-residents were emp.

Three former workers took the community and the Labour Inspectorate to court after previous investigations found residents were not employees.

There is no place in New Zealand for an outfit like Gloriavale. It cannot be allowed to continue operating. And it is absolutely shameful that we have pr.

I watched those former members on the TV news last night who’d been to the Employment Court and couldn’t help thinking how tormenting it must be for them knowing that they have family members still trapped there. And why the hell we’ve just let it keep going, beggars' belief. Because what’s happening at Gloriavale is nothing short of modern-day slavery. If he’s not acutely embarrassed then he can go-ahead and appoint himself spiritual leader of the wilfully ignorant. The time has come to go in there, shut it down and rescue those poor sods who are stuck there. When I heard that I went looking for evidence and, guess what, I found it.

Workplace Relations minister blames legal advice for government agency's failure to deem people in the secretive community workers, not volunteers.

“That’s why we need to go through the ruling and have a proper response across agencies. In return, they received the necessities of life and the ability to remain in the community – but the work was “subject to strict control”. “There are workplace issues, which the Labour Inspectorate has a role in, there are potentially health and safety issues where WorkSafe has a role, there are potentially issues in terms of the rights of children where Oranga Tamariki, and the police might have a role,” he said. “We need to have the right response so we can support the rights of people at Gloriavale.” “The Labour Inspectorate does have to act on the basis of the law and they have acted on the basis of Crown Law advice up until this point, which has been that people on the basis of the evidence that they’ve had are not considered to be employees. “Obviously there have been some concerning findings that have come through there, but we just need to sit down and work through that fully to determine the appropriate response,” he said.

The leaders say they are bringing positive change to the Christian community after the Employment Court ruled members were employees, not volunteers.

“That’s why we need to go through the ruling and have a proper response across agencies. Obviously, agencies are only able to act on the basis of information that is brought to them.” To remain registered, charities must advance charitable purpose, report annually, and not engage in conduct that constitutes serious wrongdoing, as defined in the Act. In return, they received the necessities of life and the ability to remain in the community – but the work children did was “subject to strict control”, strenuous, difficult and sometimes dangerous. “They will carefully review the findings of the Employment Court and consider what steps they will take in response to it.” ”The leaders are committed to bringing positive change to the community for the benefit of those that live there,” it said.

Judge Inglis will rule on the question of compensation later. One of those child employees, Daniel Pilgrim, told Morning Report that it was a "mind-blowing" ...

"They've changed some things but in a very small way. These are things that have never been there and that's just going to look so different." "I think there are going to have to be some huge changes inside, just in the workplace. So a couple of us just got together and decided 'right, let's make our story heard." He said Oranga Tamariki had a duty of care to the children of Gloriavale, to go in and carry out its role to protect children. He said understood at the time that these were not the sort of jobs expected of other children, but that this was all he had ever known and it was expected in Gloriavale.

A former member of Gloriavale is still savouring what he says was a "mind-blowing" legal victory yesterday. The Employment Court has found that the ...

The Christian Church Community Trust could lose its tax-free charitable status if it's found not to have met its obligations under the Charities Act 2005.

“We need to go through the ruling and have a proper response across agencies. To remain registered, charities must advance charitable purpose, report annually, and not engage in conduct that constitutes serious wrongdoing, as defined in the Act. The return says it has 40 volunteers working 1200 hours a year. “They will carefully review the findings of the Employment Court and consider what steps they will take in response to it.” ”The leaders are committed to bringing positive change to the community for the benefit of those that live there,” it said. However, the agency decided it was in the public interest for the trust to remain on the Charities Register, so that it could help the leaders improve the governance and management of its charitable trust, called the Christian Church Community Trust.

The New Zealand Employment Court has released its decision on whether the leadership “Shepherd” members of the Gloriavale Christian Community were employers ...

She is widely acknowledged as an expert in the employment law field and has a proven track record of delivering excellent results for clients. It took courage for these individuals to bring these proceedings against the “Community” leaders who had exerted great power and control over these individuals, such as withholding food or other necessities of life, and publicly shaming them if they did not work or did not meet the work performance standards. The “Community” leaders derive great commercial benefit from the labour of some of their most vulnerable young members.