Trial Period, Probationary Period or Fixed-Term Agreement?
Ninety-day trial periods for new employees were first introduced for employers with less than 20…
Author Erin Burke
Heat Turned up on unregulated advocates in the employment law jurisdiction
For those not involved in the employment law industry, the issue of unregulated employment advocates…
Restraints of Trade Getting the Basics Right
Whether a restraint of trade is enforceable is a question that comes across my desk…
Procedural Fairness Revisited
You may (or may not) have noticed this column missing for a few months. It…
Can Covid-19 vaccinations for employees be made mandatory?
The Ministry of Health’s research on potential uptake of the Covid-19 vaccination (in April 2021)…
Bubble trouble: employer obligations to stranded employees
While there was considerable jubilation when the trans-Tasman bubble opened on 19 April, it was…
When an employee’s resignation becomes a dismissal
Receiving a long-awaited resignation from a troublesome employee may, at first blush, look like an…
When employees just don’t get on: dismissals for incompatibility
While 2020 may be a year that many of us would rather leave behind, for…
Illegal workplace investigations coming to an end
In the October 2018 edition of the Waikato Business News, I wrote a piece on…
Dramatic rise in Covid legal cases causing havoc
New Zealand got off mercifully light with only 25 deaths to date from the Covid-19…
The one-eyed king in the land of the wage subsidy
Firstly, I would just like to say congratulations to New Zealand on your stunning performance…
Breaking news: employment law not cancelled during lockdown
If there was ever a time to prioritise selflessness over selfishness and people over profits,…
Dismissals for Facebook posts justifiable
With an estimated 2.5 billion monthly active users worldwide, and nearly three million of them…
End of year parties: the good, the bad and the naughty
There really is no month in the working calendar quite like December! For many the…
What to do when your employee is banned from a client’s site
A determination from the Employment Relations Authority last month highlighted a particularly tricky situation, not…
Farming sector employment relationships an ongoing source of problems
There are certain industries that seem to have more than their fair share of employment…