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Time, space and the meaning of ‘ordinary weekly pay’
In the Court of Appeal case of Labour Inspector v Tourism Holdings Limited NZCA 1, ’driver guides’, employed by Tourism Holdings Limited (Tourism Holdings) claimed Tourism Holdings had...
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Employment Court releases important COVID-19 decision
Were employees who did not perform work during Covid-19 entitled to receive minimum wage...
Election Results 2020: what Employment Law changes can we expect to see in the upcoming term?
On 17 October 2020 the election results were announced for New Zealand, presenting a...
Are current employment laws upholding Tikanga Māori in the workplace?
Lawyer Shelley Kopu gave a moving address at the recent Employment Law Conference in...
Looming increase in median wage
In a recent article published by Lane Neave, we addressed the fact that Statistics...
Potential changes to median wage rate
Most readers will be aware that in terms of current immigration policy, the median...
Ready, willing, but were they able?
With the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment overrun with employment disputes arising out...
What will the landscape of employment law look like post election?
With the election looming we thought we would take a quick look at what...
Employment relationship problem update
We have been advised that MBIE’s Mediation Services are inundated with mediation applications as...
Let’s Talk: Employment Law podcast EP5
As you may have already seen, our employment law team here at Lane Neave...
Here we go again…
With Auckland in Level 3 and the rest of the country in Level 2,...
COVID-19 support still available for employers
In light of New Zealand being placed back into level 2 lockdown on 11...
Opinion: considerations for employers when employees want to continue to work from home after lockdown
As the COVID-19 lockdown hit and New Zealand morphed into what felt like a...
Let’s Talk: Employment Law podcast
“Let’s Talk: Employment Law” is a video podcast discussing the latest in New Zealand...
Privacy Law seminars – Your world is changing
Parliament has now passed the Privacy Act 2020 and there will be a number...
ERA and the Wage Subsidy
Valerie Raggett, Catherine Talbot, Francelle Burns, Nicholas Swan, Helena Nathan and Michelle Hood v...
Selection criteria when restructuring: the do’s and don’ts
The employment law consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are inseparable from the financial consequences....
What you need to know about the Wage Subsidy Extension
As you may be aware the Government announced that a Wage Subsidy Extension will...
Lane Neave employment team recognised by Doyle’s
Lane Neave’s national employment law team has been recognised in The Doyle’s Guide 2020...
Alert Level 3: What it means for your workplace
The Prime Minister announced yesterday, that at 11:59pm on Monday 27 April 2020, New...