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Te Whatu Ora, Health NZ.

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Tēnā koe Erika

Thank you for your email of 4 December 2023, asking for the following
information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):

The Employment Relations Authority has many determinations for staff who
were terminated from their jobs due to vaccine mandates in which you and
other DHBs are the respondent for these cases. 

Regarding vaccine mandates, Clause 7 of schedule 3A of the Employment
Relations Act  200 confirms that there is nothing which prevents  "an
employee whose employment agreement is terminated under subclause (3) from
bringing a personal grievance or legal proceedings in respect of the
dismissal".

Would you please share the costs to date of all legal costs responding to
vaccine mandate claims in the Employment Relations Authority and in the
Employment Court?  Please include any disbursements as well, eg travel,
accommodation, meals etc to any third party legal workers. Please include
the costs for all claims that have commenced in the ERA and Employment
court to date.

This email is to let you know that Te Whatu Ora needs more time to make a
decision on your request.

The Act requires that we advise you of our decision on your request no
later than 20 working days after the day we received your request.
Unfortunately, it will not be possible to meet that time limit and we are
therefore writing to notify you of an extension of the time frame, to 23
February 2025 under section 15A(1)(b) of the Act. 

This extension is required because consultations necessary to make a
decision on your request are such that a proper response cannot reasonably
be made within the original time limit.

If you have any questions, please contact us at [1][Health New Zealand request email]

If you are not happy with this extension, you have the right to make a
complaint to the Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available
at [2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602.

Ngā mihi,
 
Ashley
Te Whatu Ora Ministerial Team
Ministerial Services
 
Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz

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Kia ora Erika, 
 
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) for:
 
The Employment Relations Authority has many determinations for staff who
were terminated from their jobs due to vaccine mandates in which you and
other DHBs are the respondent for these cases.  
Regarding vaccine mandates, Clause 7 of schedule 3A of the Employment
Relations Act  200 confirms that there is nothing which prevents "an
employee whose employment agreement is terminated under subclause (3) from
bringing a personal grievance or legal proceedings in respect of the
dismissal".
Would you please share the costs to date of all legal costs responding to
vaccine mandate claims in the Employment Relations Authority and in the
Employment Court?  Please include any disbursements as well, eg travel,
accommodation, meals etc to any third party legal workers. Please include
the costs for all claims that have commenced in the ERA and Employment
court to date.
 
Pursuant to section 15(1)(a) of the Act, Te Whatu Ora, Health New Zealand
is writing to advise you that a decision has been made on your request;
however, it will take us some time to prepare the information for release.
As it stands, some information will be released, while other parts of the
request will be refused under 18(f) of the Act, as it would require
substantial collation and research.
 
We apologise for the delay, and endeavor to send you the information by 20
March 2024, but will endeavour to have it to you as soon as possible. 
 
Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to
review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be
contacted by email at: [1][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602. 
 
Nāku iti noa, nā
 
Ashley
Government Services
[2][Health New Zealand request email]   

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
 

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Kia ora Erika, 
 
Thank you for your request for information regarding legal costs. Please
find attached our response to your request. We apologise for the delay in
providing a response. 
 
If you have any questions, please get in touch at
[1][email address].
 
If you are not happy with this response, you have the right to make a
complaint to the Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available
at [2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602.
 
Government Services
[3][email address]

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
 
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