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Employers entitled to get around suppression orders, Supreme Court rules

Security guard's case against university has set new precedents for employment law.

Campbell Gibson
Thu, 04 May 2017

Employers now have more power when it comes to knowing about and taking action on criminal acts by their employees, following a ruling from the Supreme Court.

The precedent-setting case involved a dispute between a security guard and his employer, the University of Otago.

While employed at

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Campbell Gibson
Thu, 04 May 2017
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