Sarah Wadworth

1 month ago | hcamag.com | Elisabeth Giles |Sarah Wadworth |Fiona McMillan |Andrew Shaw

Cummings subsequently undertook a drug test on 4 September 2020, which returned clear. Cummings returned to work after that, although the disciplinary process remained in place. Rumours about drug test  It soon became apparent to Cummings that false rumours regarding the drug test and its outcome had spread amongst his colleagues. Cummings was confronted by a forklift driver who told him that she and others had heard that he was a drug dealer and had been dismissed from his job.

2 months ago | hcamag.com | Helena Scholes |Sarah Wadworth |Fiona McMillan |Andrew Shaw

Collective bargaining allowed  In early 2024, the Authority accepted the notice had been validly given because HPSNZ was an employer and TAC was a union within the context of the Employment Relations Act 2000. This meant that collective bargaining could be initiated and was not limited by the fact that the union had no current employees.