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Post-election employment policies: what’s in and what’s out?
After several weeks of waiting since the 14 October election, on 24 November 2023 the coalition government between the National, ACT and New Zealand First parties was announced. Now,...
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A moderate minimum wage?
With the recent release of coalition agreements between National and ACT, and National and...
Supie collapse: the employment implications
Last month, online supermarket Supie went into voluntary administration, owing $2.1 million to more...
Court issues Whakaari/White Island Health and Safety conviction
Whakaari Island’s eruption back in December 2019 was catastrophic, killing 22 people and injuring...
Ch-ch-ch-changes (of Government): Fair Pay Agreements
While the official results of the election will not be published by the Electoral...
90-day trials are dead, long live the 90-day trial
Notwithstanding some differences between the New Zealand National Party, the Act Party and New...
RDJ v SGF: proof and family violence leave
In our article in July, we discussed the Domestic Violence – Victims Protections Act...
The future of sick leave
As we leave the winter weather behind us and have recently observed Mental Health...
A reminder about restraints: employees and independent contractors
Parties to an individual employment agreement, or an independent contractor agreement, may agree to...
90% of investigated businesses found non-compliant with workplace law regulations
New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) recently confirmed to us under...
Tripping on drug policies
Drugs and alcohol pose a major health and safety risk to employers, particularly those...
What is redundancy, anyway?
A lot of employers and employees wind up in the Employment Relations Authority (Authority)...
New bill proposes reintroducing grounds of KiwiSaver-based personal grievances
Recently, MP Dr Tracey McLellan’s Employment Relations (Protection for KiwiSaver Members) Amendment Bill (Bill)...
Employment Relations (Restraint of Trade) Amendment Bill Update
The Employment Relations (Restraint of Trade) Amendment Bill (Bill) had its first reading on...
Jail sentence for workplace cover-up of health and safety incident
A pair of brothers are currently being sentenced for covering up a workplace incident,...
H&S Representatives and Committees: new requirements for PCBUs
The Health and Safety at Work (Health and Safety Representatives and Committees) Amendment Act...
Tikanga in employment relationships
The recent Employment Court decision in GF v Comptroller of the New Zealand Customs...
Records of Settlement and Capacity Issues
As we’ve noted in previous articles, once a Record of Settlement signed, it is...
How to Handle “Proof” of Family Violence
The Domestic Violence – Victims Protection Act 2018 (Act) provides minimum protections for family...
Are Uber drivers employees?
The Court of Appeal granted leave last week for Raiser Operations BV and four...