There’s no denying Allan Halse is a staunch defender of bullied workers.
In his crusade against workplace bullying, the controversial employment advocate has taken on a city council, won almost $100,000 for a kindy teacher and $60,000 for a relief ambulance driver, and gone all the way to Parliament to raise concerns about New Zealand’s employment relations laws.
He’s not a trained lawyer, but a union delegate turned advocate who saw a chance to help the underdog, workers fighting back against companies they claim have bullied them.
He uses Facebook as a platform to regularly update his 25,000 followers on cases of workplace bullying and employment law, and his work has led to him being nominated for New Zealander of the Year five times.
But at some point in a lengthy battle with one employer over alleged bullying between staff in a rest home, anarchy has reigned.
At least, that’s one description used by the Employment Court in the long-running case of RPW versus C and H, or as they can now be identified, the Rangiura Trust Board versus CultureSafe NZ and its director Halse.
The case boils down to a protracted legal argument over whether Halse breached a settlement when he made disparaging remarks about an employer after signing an agreement not to.
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