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Employment legislation is on the move once again with the Equal Pay Amendment Bill (Bill) having passed the select committee phase. It now awaits its second reading. The Bill aims to improve the process for raising and progressing pay equity claims, wh … Continue reading The Equal Pay Amendment Bill Marches One Step Closer to Becoming Law

A recent ruling in the Employment Court has clarified whether employers can require their employees to work extra hours or overtime above their standard work times, without paying them for remaining ‘available’ to work. The case of Postal Workers Union … Continue reading Some Clarity Regarding Availability Provisions

Incorporated Societies (and there are over 23,000 in New Zealand) must comply at present with legislation that is still a hangover from New Zealand’s transition on 26 September 1907 from a British Crown Colony to a self-governing state, the Dominion of … Continue reading Change coming for all Incorporated Societies

How can you be confident that a person signing a contract on behalf of a company has the necessary authority to bind the company?  Recent case law suggests that being a director of the company may not be enough where the company has more than one direc … Continue reading Can you rely on the authority of a director (acting alone) to bind a company?

The recent (and ongoing) Mainzeal case has highlighted the circumstances in which directors can be held financially liable where inter-group dealings have left a company unable to pay its debts.  However, in what circumstances can claimants look to the … Continue reading When can a parent company be liable for its subsidiary’s actions?

Privacy is increasingly complex, and there is soon to be entirely new legislation regulating the area. The aim of this seminar is to highlight the most significant changes and give you an understanding of how the key changes may affect your business.

There are a number of scenarios where an employee may be placed on secondment. A secondment can involve an employee being temporarily transferred within the same company, or to another company, client or contractor. The employee could be seconded withi … Continue reading Employee Secondments

A revised  Code of Good faith in Collective Bargaining (Code) came into force on 6 May 2019; the same date many of the other amendments under the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2018 came into effect. The Code assists the Employment Relations Author … Continue reading New good faith code effective as of 6 May 2019

In less than a week, a majority of those Employment Relations amendments passed at the end of 2018 will come into force.  It is time for a final refresher on what changes will take place on 6 May 2019 – and time for a last minute check that you have es … Continue reading Final reminder: 6 May 2019 employment law changes on the horizon

  In this edition: Employer Compliance: Impact on Changes to Employer-Sponsored Work Visas NZ’s strengthened desire for a diversified society New Zealand bond market update NZ is a country that welcomes all people Employer Compliance: Impact on Ch … Continue reading immigration april newsletter