16 Aug 2022

Court rules forced annual leave during lockdown unlawful

From Morning Report, 7:50 am on 16 August 2022

The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and E tū are savouring a win in an employment case over whether employees can be forced to take annual leave during a lockdown.

The case went to court after Carter Holt Harvey made workers use annual leave during the April 2020 lockdown.

The judgment notes, this was despite the company having received government wage subsidies for staff.

The court says the company was out of line. 

CTU President Richard Wagstaff spoke to Susie Ferguson.