Gloriavale set to face employment case alleging 'slave-like conditions'
Six former Gloriavale women will tell a court they lived in "slave-like conditions" working as employees under an all-pervading regime of secular and religious control.
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Six former Gloriavale women will tell a court they lived in "slave-like conditions" working as employees under an all-pervading regime of secular and religious control.
Gloriavale has effectively drawn up a blacklist by surveying members' opposition to people speaking on their behalf in court, the leavers' support trust manager Liz Gregory says.
Gloriavale has been ordered to improve workplace safety standards again after a visit by inspectors, but no children were found working in the reclusive Ch
Gloriavale has been ordered to improve workplace safety standards again after a visit by inspectors, but no children were found working in the reclusive Christian community's commercial businesses.
The chief judge of the Employment Court has rejected a bid by Gloriavale's leaders to have her stand aside from another case involving the employment status of its members.