He said Mr Kupa was "making up his own safety rules". Hallam Kupa alleges he was unfairly dismissed from his job at Whakatu Silver Fern Farms in April last year for not wearing a safety hat. Judge Bruce Corkhill said at the end of the two-and-a-half day hearing yesterday he would reserve his decision. If an employee failed to wear it they could be warned, but choosing deliberately not to wear it was dismissable. The hat was introduced in December 2014 and hot Hawke's Bay summer temperatures made it too hot to wear, the court heard.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 15, 2016 21:11 UTC