Threat by ACC to wind up Phoenix

 

Wrong - government departments using the press to secure outstanding debts, whilst being effective in this case, is not legitimate.

 

I cannot believe the details the ACC has provided to the press about what is a private matter.  We have privacy legislation for very good reasons.

 

Also ask yourself how many developers in Wellington are in payment disputes or are in arrears with creditors. How many of those are the Doom Post persuing ? Why is that ?

 

I do not think Terry helps himself with his payment practices and maybe that reflects his modus operandi and / or his current financial reality but I think one mans investigative journalism is another mans vindictive campaign.

 

Terry's biggest mistake was the Apprentice - put a big target on his back someone at the Doom Post is more than happy to shoot at.

 

 

And you also end up poor by NOT paying Govt departments on time the money owed would have a fair whack of penalties on top of it

 

Comeon, as keen footbal supoorters, we don't have to and shouldn't defend Terry's modus operandi. May be Lower Hutt City Council, wellington City Council and all his contractors and subcontarctors shoudl take Terry to the court as a group and get everything sorted. How about WhitbyBoy sending a fat cheque to Terry to pay off his debts?

 

The bigegst mistake for Terry so far may be for him to keep using his well oiled delaying tactics and fog off those poor contractors and ratepayers. Terry had to walk the plank by ACC and that msut be good for him!

 

I am not familiar with the exact makeup of the ACC payments which were in dispute but there are two distinct parts to ACC payments. The ones you are talking about based on earnings are the employee contributions and come out of the employees income. It is to cover injuries to people outside the workplace. Thus, what you are talking about, probably has nothing to do with the matter at hand.
 
Employer contributions are not based on earnings. They are worked out based on the total cost of claims for injuries occuring at work based on the "risk" factor of the nature of the work. I don't know the details but if the players were completely insured there seems to be little to no risk of the ACC incuriing a cost. Although I don't know what the insurance covers.
 
I sympathise with anyone having problems with ACC. They are a typical government department and not reknowned for efficiency and I would always give the benefit of the doubt to the employer in a dispute.

 

 

As the Feverite said to Mr Kitschin in an alley last week

 

As people have said a Government Department conducting it's business with a private party through the media is unethical and I'm sure must breach Government rules somewhere along the line. It certainly looks like the CEO has poor judgment. 

 

Perhaps Phil should be quizzed as to whether he pays his electricity bilsl on time.

 

In the situation you describe I would have every right (moral, ethical and possibly legal (think precedents)) to expect everyone else committing the same offence to get the same treatment.

 

I would also not expect the Justice Department to provide details of my offence to the press.

 

I do not defend Terry's payment practices but I do take strong exception to one individual being repeatedly singled out. As I have already said this is a legitimate story however many of the stories that have made up the campaign so far have been one mans word against another's.

 

Anyone who has had anything to do with contracting knows that disputes go with the territory unfortunately, for Terry, every man and his dog who thinks Terry owes him $10, irrespective of whether or not he has delivered his goods or services fully, now knows there is someone at the Doom Post only to happy to pick up his story.

 

 

 

 

fair enough too... wtf was that interview that was a shambles... why did they even have a press conference if the accountant wasn't even in the loop

Everyone knows how the biz works - we all stretch out bill repayments to help cashflow. There isn't a club in the A league that hasn't got cash flow issues.

This afternoon's fiasco indicates there is more to come, possibly more major -as those guys came across panic-stricken.