Medical incapacity – When to ‘cry halt’
A dismissal is, for most employees, always going to be a traumatic event. However, when…
Browsing: Employment law
‘Averaging out’- Why it’s unlawful and how to get around it
Many New Zealand employers are currently breaking the law, and may not even know it.…
Monumental casino loss ends twenty-year career
Earlier this month, the Employment Relations Authority published a case that was interesting, not only…
Dismissing illegal employees and bans on employers hiring migrants
For the year ending December 2016, 127,300 migrants moved to New Zealand creating an all-time…
Restraints of trade – some things you need to know
Whether a restraint of trade is enforceable is a question that comes across my desk…
Debunking some myths
Both employers and employees often tell me what they believe employment laws in New Zealand…
Getting employment contracts right
In Waikato Business News’ November 2016 survey, 90 percent of respondents predicted that 2017 would…
Discretionary bonuses and annual leave
For some lucky employees, the festive season means not only summer holidays but the prospect…
Covert recordings in the workplace
A preliminary decision in an employment matter, specifically whether a covert recording was admissible as…
The price of a life – how a court assesses the financial cost of an employee’s death.
On September 20, 2015, Samantha Kudeweh, a zookeeper at Hamilton Zoo, was fatally mauled by…