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What to do when you suspect an employee is lying during a disciplinary process
The Court of Appeal case of George v Auckland Council NZCA 209 looked specifically at the situation where an employee was untruthful in a disciplinary process. Ms George...
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Individual Employment Agreement – must haves!
Employers must provide all their employees with an employment agreement before they start work....
Minimum wage increase
The biggest minimum wage boost since the 1980’s took effect in New Zealand on...
Bereavement leave for miscarriage or still-birth
The Holidays (Bereavement Leave for Miscarriage) Amendment Bill (No 2) (Bill) was introduced to...
A turning point in triangular employment relations
It is currently full steam ahead in the world of employment legislation and businesses...
The Trust Act 2019 – where to from here?
Estimates put the number of trusts operating in New Zealand between 300,000 and 500,000....
Meet our new Lifelaw Partner and Associate
Our Lifelaw team has promoted Chris Anderson to Partner and appointed new Associate Tanya...
Trustee obligations: core documents to be kept by trustees
There is no doubt that many trusts are carefully administered by prudent, well informed...
Delays in visa processing timeframes impact employers and employees
If you employ migrant workers and they are looking to apply for visas you...
Immigration August Newsletter
In this edition: Immigration New Zealand: significant processing delays Global financial turbulance? Not in...
Back to basics: discrimination grievance principles
The 2017 case of Idea Services v Crozier sets out the relevant principles that...
Lane Neave advises on merger of New Zealand’s largest Credit Union
Lane Neave advised three of four entities on a merger which has created New...
The “like” button: social media plugins and liability for data transfers
On 29 July 2019 the European Court of Justice released a decision on the...
Medium size threshold proposed for small “Code companies”
A bill currently before Parliament will introduce a “medium size” threshold for unlisted companies...
Lane Neave acts on sale of three large retirement villages to NZX listed company
National law firm, Lane Neave, has acted for the family owned Sanderson Group on...
Medical incapacity: a recent update
This article provides a summary of two recent cases which involve interesting issues relating...
What you really need to know about the recent Mitre 10 ‘living wage’ decision
The recent Employment Relations Authority (ERA) decision and subsequent upholding of this decision by...
Government announces Resource Management Act overhaul
More, and potentially big, changes in the pipeline: Government announces Resource Management Act overhaul...
Immigration July newsletter
In this edition: Partnership-Based Temporary Visa applications: stuck between a rock and hard place...
Latest survey ranks Lane Neave as the most female friendly firm in New Zealand
Results from the LawFuel Gender Survey, completed in April 2019, lists Lane Neave as...