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To resign, or not to resign?
Picture this. You are trying to conduct a performance management meeting with your employee. They are terrible at their job, notoriously difficult to manage and universally disliked by their...
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Avoiding personal liability as a director
Setting up your business as an incorporated company is an effective way to reduce...
Incorporated Societies Act 2022: a new beginning
Some nine years after the Law Commission released its report “A New Act for...
What the PRC’s new privacy law means for you
Late last year the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)...
‘Best Lawyers’ celebrates four Lane Neave Partners in 2023 edition
Four of Lane Neave’s Partners have been recognised in The Best Lawyers in New...
Is positive discrimination lawful in New Zealand?
In 2021, the BBC advertised for a trainee position “only open to Black, Asian...
COVID-19 vaccination requirements: what do employers do now?
This week the Government made changes to vaccination requirements in the workplace, removing some...
New IoT Cybersecurity Laws proposed in UK
The UK Government introduced the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (PSTI) to Parliament...
Act aims to improve housing supply and simplify consent process
On 20 December 2021 the Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment...
While you were sleeping
Over the last decade or so, there have been a string of cases colloquially...
Considering taking on a flatmate? Here’s what you need to know
Taking on a flatmate can be a way for owner-occupiers of residential properties to...
Fair Pay Agreements Bill introduced to Parliament
The promise of a Fair Pay Agreement (FPA) System was announced as part of...
Insurance scheme for no-fault employment termination proposed
New Zealand is currently one of the few countries in the OECD that does...
Can an employee be fired for protesting outside of work hours?
Earlier this month during the anti-mandate protests in Wellington a former Northland school teacher...
One door opens and another closes – border opening with a reset “twist”
In the last week or so a number of major announcements/changes have been announced...
WCC can undertake earthquake strengthening to properties at owners’ cost
Late last year in Wellington City Council v Lakhi Maa Limited the High Court...
Authority declines interim reinstatement claim for unvaccinated employees
Whilst the recent High Court decision of Yardley v Minister for Workplace Relations and...
Pause for thought
Full disclosure, I talk about menopause in this piece. If that makes you squirm,...
Commerce Commission seeks input on residential building supplier study
In November last year, the Government tasked the Commerce Commission (ComCom) with undertaking a...
Workplace Law Webinar Series 2022
Join Lane Neave’s three Employment Law Partners Fiona McMillan (Auckland), Andy Bell (Wellington), Andrew...