This free seminar series brings together Sell More Tech founders, Paul Claridge and Nick Burns, along with Lane Neave’s specialist technology lawyer, Graeme Crombie.
Join us for an informative session that is specifically designed to upskill tech company owners in …
Continue ReadingFixed term agreements are a handy tool for employers who don’t require a permanent employee, but require more commitment than a casual employee. The Employment Relations Act 2000 (Act) provides that an employer and an employee may agree that the …
Continue ReadingEmployers often want to know what they can and can’t ask in job applications and interviews.
If you ask the wrong questions, there is a risk of inadvertently discriminating against a candidate under the Human Rights Act 1993 (“Act”) and …
Continue ReadingEmployers often wish to monitor or record their employees while at work, whether for safety, security, or other reasons. However, as recordings of employees while at work will constitute “personal information” of the employee, employee monitoring continues to receive scrutiny …
Continue ReadingNational law firm Lane Neave has enhanced its commercial property practice, and bolstered its partnership, with the appointment of new Wellington based Partner, Sharon Skinner.
Sharon joins Lane Neave’s three other commercial property Partners, and 13 other legal specialists in …
Continue ReadingLane Neave is pleased to announce that the firm has been shortlisted in two categories in the 2018 New Zealand Law Awards.
The national law firm is in the running for Employer of Choice and Mid-size Law Firm of the …
Continue ReadingWe are two years into the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) and there have been some recent cases of interest and some aspects of the legislation still remain untested.
Under the HSWA fines are significantly higher, averaging …
Continue ReadingIn our previous article on this topic, we wrote about Immigration New Zealand’s recent imposition of a one year migrant hiring ban on 82 Burger King Stores. The ban was imposed because the company was found to have breached the …
Continue ReadingA recent example of a flawed dismissal process was outlined in Payne v Bupa Care Services Ltd [2018] NZERA Christchurch 84. Payne was employed by Bupa Care Services Ltd (Bupa) as a Village Manager of the Ascot Retirement Village in …
Continue ReadingHolidays (Bereavement Leave for Miscarriage) Amendment Bill
This Member’s Bill was introduced on 9 August 2018 and it is currently undergoing its first reading.
Currently, employees are entitled to 3 days bereavement leave for the death of a child, but …
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