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Employers clearly play a key role in supporting New Zealand’s wide-spread vaccination campaign.  But the key question is, how far can they go?

Lane Neave is delighted to have committed to sponsorship of Keystone Trust, supporting the important mahi the trust does to help future leaders in the property industry realise their ambitions.

Lane Neave and one of its Senior Associates have been named in three categories of the 2021 New Zealand Law Awards. The excellence awardee nominations are: Large Law Firm of the Year Employer of Choice (51-100 lawyers) Young Private Practice Lawyer of … Continue reading Lane Neave nominated for three New Zealand Law Awards

While the EU AI Proposal still has a long way to go to progress through the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament, it is proposed legislation that anyone involved with or contemplating AI should know about. 

In news welcomed by overseas businesses looking to expand into New Zealand, the Government has announced that the temporary emergency notification regime for overseas investment is now removed and replaced with a new, more targeted National Security and Public Order (NSPO) regime. 

Despite the unprecedented difficulties of COVID-19, the Employment Relations Authority (“Authority”) has clearly stated that Employment Law was not ‘paused’ during the height of the pandemic in New Zealand.

To conclude that our immigration system is confused in 2021 is a gross understatement. This article looks at the main recent changes to be across and the questions that have not been answered.

If a person has been sexually harassed during their employment, they can elect to raise a personal grievance under the Employment Relations Act 2000 or complain to the Human Rights Commission under the Human Rights Act 1993, before having their complaint heard by the Human Rights Review Tribunal (Tribunal).

The recent Supreme Court decision Bathurst Resources Ltd v L & M Coal Holdings Ltd is poised to mark a turning point in contract interpretation.

Workplace fatigue is a health and safety risk which employers have a responsibility for minimising. This is difficult when fatigue can be easily mistaken for the flu.