Judgments of the Court from 1 July 2006 are also available on this site and can be located using the decision finder.
From time to time the Court decides cases that have general importance for practitioners of employment law as well as for the particular parties. These will include some judgments of the full Court and others examining and applying new law. These are listed in the Decisions of public interest section.
From 3 June 2025 the Employment Court will start publishing its judgments from 24 hours after the delivery date, or the next business day, unless otherwise directed by a judge. Decisions of public interest may be published earlier, as directed by a judge.
Reserved judgments will usually appear on this site no earlier than 24 hours after delivery to the parties.
Oral judgments will appear on this site as soon as possible after they have been typed following oral delivery.
Judgments, including those from before July 2006, can also be obtained from a commercial supplier - Westlaw Ltd, CCH iKnowConnect or LexisNexis; or using the NZLII search box below.
If placing a copy of a judgment obtained from NZLII before the court, please access a copy of the decision as issued rather than an HTML copy. You can do this by clicking the "download" button on the HTML version of the decision.
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