Gloriavale Employment Violations w/ Dr Bill Hodge and Michael Littlewood: May 24, 2022

On May 10th New Zealand’s employment court reached a landmark decision against the Gloriavale religious community, classifying the work members do as employment, going against the claims that residents were volunteers.   

This comes after years of allegations against the group exposed kiwis to a world of physical abuse and workers violations, with children as young as 6 being made to work long hours at Gloriavales many businesses’. 

Jack spoke with Dr Bill Hodge, an employment law expert about the decision, and what it could mean for the future of the secretive community. 

The allegations against Gloriavale have also re-ignited demands for the community to lose its tax exempt status, I talked to professor of Law Michael Littlewood about the possibility of this, however I started by asking him why they are tax exempt in the first place.